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UK
/jˈuːniən/
]
[ US /ˈjunjən/ ]
[ US /ˈjunjən/ ]
NOUN
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a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
let C be the union of the sets A and B - healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
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the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
lightning produced an unusual union of the metals -
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
the casual couplings of adolescents -
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
God bless this union
a long and happy marriage -
the act of making or becoming a single unit
the union of opposing factions
he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays -
the state of being joined or united or linked
there is strength in union -
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
you have to join the union in order to get a job -
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
the Soviet Union - a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
ADJECTIVE
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of trade unions
the union movement
union negotiations
a union-shop clause in the contract
How To Use union In A Sentence
- An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining. Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal
- Equally badly behaved, but a little calmer and better informed, were the massive numbers from the labor unions.
- Instinctively they turned their back on the farce staged by the trade unions.
- He would never have gone to the Union while his wife was alive: she said it was "plebby. The Key to Rebecca
- In July, the project came to a standstill for nine days when workers stopped to oppose the use of non-union contract labour on the site.
- He said the union had no option but to accept the company's proposals.
- Such actively passive self-surrender is thus the necessary beginning of the regeneration on which loving union depends. The Times Literary Supplement
- Most nurses are groomed and institutionalized to believe that unions are bad and unprofessional (anytime a nurse hears the term unprofessional, it is usually from management in an attempt to control behavior). Nursing Voices Forum Meet other nurses, share your nursing knowledge and experiences
- They're about to launch a campaign to unionize workers at all major discount supermarkets in the area.
- We're living through a deeply contradictory time when black folks (and what's left of the unions) are the Dems only truly reliable voting block, and yet every other manifesto for Democratic revitalization is some kind of attenuated, okie-doke Souljah-moment retread. Gary Dauphin: ATT(5)-1=CBC(3)+CHC(1)
