UNION
\jˈuːni͡ən], \jˈuːniən], \j_ˈuː_n_iə_n]\
Definitions of UNION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
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the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
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being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"
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the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"
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a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
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the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
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a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"
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the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
By Princeton University
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healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
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the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
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being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"
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the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"
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a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
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the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
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a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
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Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.
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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; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.
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A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.
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A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
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A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.
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A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.
By Oddity Software
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The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
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Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.
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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; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.
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A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.
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A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
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A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.
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A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.
By Noah Webster.
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Agreement; harmony.
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The act of joining two or more things in one; the state of being so joined; a combination; agreement or concord; a whole made of parts joined together; as, a union of states; a device on a national flag, signifying the joining of the parts of the nation; a trade-union, or association of workers in a given trade or industry, for mutual benefit.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Agreement; harmony.
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Pertaining to union.
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The act of uniting, or the state of being united; a joining; coalescence.
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A whole formed by uniting elements previously separate; a combination; consolidation; confederation; league; wedlock.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, o state of being united or joined; --agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; --combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; --the upper, inner corner of an ensign, in distinction from the rest of the flag, which is called the fly; --a combination among the workmen of a particular trade to obtain higher wages, diminish the hours of labour, and other purposes; --a workhouse erected by several parishes in combination for the reception of the paupers in each; --sometimes, the United States.