Usually means: Association formed for mutual benefit.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. union, the Union: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Union, Union, union: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Union, union: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. union, the Union: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Union, union: Vocabulary.com
  6. Union, union: Wordnik
  7. union: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Union, union: Wiktionary
  9. union: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. union: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. union: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Union, the union: Dictionary.com
  13. union: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. union: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. The Union (Italy), The Union (James Bond), The Union (The Glorious Sons album), The Union (band), The Union (newspaper), The Union (political coalition), The Union (professional wrestling), The Union, The union, UNION, Unio'n, Union (ACW), Union (American Civil War), Union (Chara album), Union (Civil War), Union (Cuff the Duke album), Union (Dubai Metro), Union (Horse with Two Discs), Union (Puya album), Union (SQL), Union (Star Wars), Union (TTC), Union (The Boxer Rebellion album), Union (Toni Childs album), Union (Union album), Union (United States coin), Union (Yes album), Union (automobile), Union (band), Union (coin), Union (computer science), Union (disambiguation), Union (math), Union (plumbing), Union (set theory), Union (ship), Union: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Union: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. union: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. union: Rhymezone
  19. union, union (f), unin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. union: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. union: Free Dictionary
  22. union: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Union, union: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. The Union, Union: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. Union: World Wide Words
  26. union: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. the union: Merriam-Webster.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. The Union, Union (disambiguation), union: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. union: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. union: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
  3. The Union, Union (disambiguation), union: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. The Union, Union (disambiguation), union: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. UNION: Acronym Finder
  3. union: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Union: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. union, union, union: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Union, Union: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Union: Construction Glossary
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
▸ noun:  (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
▸ noun:  (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.
▸ noun:  (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
▸ noun:  (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
▸ noun:  (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
▸ noun:  (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
▸ noun:  (countable) The act or state of marriage.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
▸ noun:  (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
▸ noun:  (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
▸ noun:  (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
▸ verb:  (set theory) To combine sets using the union operation.
▸ adjective:  Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.
▸ adjective:  (India) federal.
▸ noun:  The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement.
▸ noun:  The canton of the United States flag: the portion of the flag containing stars on a blue background.
▸ noun:  (US, with determiner, dated, especially 19th century) The United States of America.
▸ noun:  (US, with determiner, historical) Those of the United States that did not secede at the time of the Civil War (of the United States of America).
▸ noun:  (with determiner, historical) The Soviet Union: the proper noun Union is the standard English translation of the proper noun Союз (Sojuz), and all-Union is the standard English translation of всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj).
▸ noun:  Place names:
▸ noun:  A community in Central Elgin, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
▸ noun:  A barangay of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines.
▸ noun:  A village on the south cast of the island of Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
▸ noun:  A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun:  A town in Greene County, Alabama.
▸ noun:  A ghost town in Merced County, California.
▸ noun:  A former unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
▸ noun:  A small town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
▸ noun:  A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Pike County, Indiana.
▸ noun:  A tiny city in Hardin County, Iowa.
▸ noun:  A home rule city in Boone County, Kentucky.
▸ noun:  A town in Knox County, Maine.
▸ noun:  A town in Neshoba County and Newton County, Mississippi.
▸ noun:  A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Missouri.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
▸ noun:  A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
▸ noun:  A village and census-designated place in the town of Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
▸ noun:  A hamlet in Madison County, New York.
▸ noun:  A large town in Broome County, New York.
▸ noun:  A city in Montgomery County and Miami County, Ohio.
▸ noun:  A city in Union County, Oregon.
▸ noun:  A city, the county seat of Union County, South Carolina.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.
▸ noun:  A small town, the county seat of Monroe County, West Virginia.
▸ noun:  A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A small town in Door County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A town and unincorporated community in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in the town of Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A small town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A town and unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Union Township.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  (Oxford University, informal) The Oxford Union (a debating society); not to be conflated with Oxford University Student Union (a students' union).
▸ noun:  (chiefly India, with determiner, law) Alternative form of union [(countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.]

Similar:
unionized, trade union, uniting, federal, labor union, conjugation, unification, pairing, sum, organized, more...

Opposite:
separation, division, disunion, split, fragmentation

Types:
voluntary, involuntary, closed, open, more...

Phrases:
the union, Soviet Union, trade union, European Union, union members, more...

Adjectives:
former, political, monetary, national, economic, sexual, federal, perfect, local, closer, mystical

Colors:
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Similar:
unionized, trade union, uniting, federal, labor union, conjugation, unification, pairing, sum, organized, more...

Opposite:
separation, division, disunion, split, fragmentation

Types:
voluntary, involuntary, closed, open, more...

Phrases:
the union, Soviet Union, trade union, European Union, union members, international union, labor union, union membership, credit union, customs union, Union Army, Union Pacific, monetary union, Western Union, more...

Adjectives:
former, political, monetary, national, economic, sexual, federal, perfect, local, closer, mystical

Colors:
    blue,     red,     white,     gold,     silver,     burgundy,     green,     black,     yellow,     purple



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