union

IPA: jˈunjʌn

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

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