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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.
- 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.
- Unions and managers are now referring to the stand-off as ‘class war in the classroom’.
- Locked into declining industries and a shrinking public sector, unions have become ineffective. Times, Sunday Times
- Instinctively they turned their back on the farce staged by the trade unions.
- Union officials privately acknowledge that Phoenix's achilles heel has always been the difficulties it would face raising the necessary finance.
- After that I felt that we, the workers, needed unity and I have been attempting to unionise the place.
- The unions had almost no influence on the factory floor and were ineffective in collective bargaining.
