Meaning of union | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
   countable
2. The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement.
3. The United States of America.
   US, dated, especially, obsolete
4. A surname.
5. The Oxford Union (a debating society); not to be conflated with Oxford University Student Union (a students' union).
   informal
6. The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement
7. The canton of the United States flag: the portion of the flag containing stars on a blue background
8. The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
   uncountable
9. The canton of the United States flag: the portion of the flag containing stars on a blue background.
10. Those of the United States that did not secede at the time of the Civil War (of the United States of America).
    US, historical
11. The United States of America
12. Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
    countable
13. 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).
    historical
14. Those of the United States that did not secede at the time of the Civil War (of the United States of America)
15. A trade union; a workers' union.
    countable
16. 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)
17. Place names:
18. A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
19. An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
    countable
20. A barangay of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines.
21. A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
    countable
22. A village on the south cast of the island of Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
23. The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
    countable
24. A number of places in the United States:
25. A town in Greene County, Alabama.
26. The act or state of marriage.
    countable
27. A ghost town in Merced County, California.
28. Sexual intercourse.
    archaic, euphemistic, uncountable
29. A former unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
30. A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
    countable
31. A small town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
32. A large, high-quality pearl.
    archaic, countable
33. A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
34. An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
    countable, historical, uncountable
35. An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Pike County, Indiana.
36. A tiny city in Hardin County, Iowa.
37. A home rule city in Boone County, Kentucky.
38. A town in Knox County, Maine.
39. A town in Neshoba County and Newton County, Mississippi.
40. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Missouri.
41. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
42. A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
43. A village and census-designated place in the town of Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
44. A hamlet in Madison County, New York.
45. A large town in Broome County, New York.
46. A city in Montgomery County and Miami County, Ohio.
47. A city in Union County, Oregon.
48. A city, the county seat of Union County, South Carolina.
49. An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.
50. A small town, the county seat of Monroe County, West Virginia.
51. A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
52. A small town in Door County, Wisconsin.
53. A town and unincorporated community in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
54. An unincorporated community in the town of Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin.
55. A small town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
56. A town and unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
57. A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
58. A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
59. A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Union Township.

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Examples

“In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.”

“Unions are useful in those cases where you need to keep track of a value that can be represented as different data types during the lifetime of the program.”

“Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and[…]an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […]”

“And in the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four successive kings In Denmark's crown have worn.”

“threats to secede from the Union”

“Union troops at Gettysburg”

“throughout the Union, but nowhere more so than at the Center [Moscow]”

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