union
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French union, from Late Latin unionem, from Latin ūnus (“one”)
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Noun[edit]
union (plural unions)
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (uncountable) The state of being united or joined.
- (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, The Mirror and the Lamp:
- In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, The Mirror and the Lamp:
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- (countable, computing) A data structure that can store any of various items, but only one at a time.
- (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
- Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and […] an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […] .
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:
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Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from union
Translations[edit]
the act of uniting or the state of being united
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that which is united; something formed by a combination of parts or members
trade union — see trade union
joint
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marriage
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sexual intercourse
computing: certain data structure
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Esperanto[edit]
Noun[edit]
union
- accusative singular of unio
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin unionem (nominative: unio). Compare the inherited doublet oignon.
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Noun[edit]
union f (plural unions)
- a union
Swedish[edit]
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union c
- a union (a body with many members)
Declension[edit]
Declension of union
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Venetian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Italian unione
Noun[edit]
union f (invariable)
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