Definition of union

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  • union is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
  • union is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
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Definition of union

  • healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. conglutination
  • being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. federal
  • the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. conjugation
    2. coupling
    3. mating
    4. pairing
    5. sexual union
  • a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets (noun)

    Examples

    1. let C be the union of the sets A and B

    Synonyms

    1. join
    2. sum
  • an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer (noun)

    Examples

    1. you have to join the union in order to get a job

    Synonyms

    1. brotherhood
    2. labor union
    3. trade union
    4. trades union
  • the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) (noun)

    Examples

    1. God bless this union

    Synonyms

    1. marriage
    2. matrimony
    3. spousal relationship
    4. wedlock
  • the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. north
  • the state of being joined or united or linked (noun)

    Examples

    1. there is strength in union

    Synonyms

    1. unification
  • the act of making or becoming a single unit (noun)

    Examples

    1. the union of opposing factions

    Synonyms

    1. conjugation
    2. jointure
    3. unification
    4. uniting
  • a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) (noun)
  • a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations (noun)
  • of trade unions (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the union movement
    2. union negotiations
    3. a union-shop clause in the contract
  • the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts (noun)

    Examples

    1. lightning produced an unusual union of the metals

See definition of union in Merriam Webster