union

Meanings

Noun

• The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
• The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
• 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.
• A trade union; a workers' union.
• An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
• A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
• The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
• The act or state of marriage.
• Sexual intercourse.
• A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
• A large, high-quality pearl.
• An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.

Verb

• To combine sets using the union operation.

Adjective

• Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.

Related

Similar words

• junction, coalition, combination

Origin

• From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō ("oneness, unity"), from Latin ūnus ("one").