Word

union, n.
(unions)
freq. cnt. 28

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 30 freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 3

brotherhood labor union trade union trades union union

sample sentences

"you have to join the union in order to get a job"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

unionize unionize

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

trade unionist

semantic pointers

hypernym

organization, organisation

part holonym

labor movement, trade union movement, labor

hyponym

industrial union, vertical union craft union company union Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W.

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

conjugation coupling mating pairing sexual union union

sample sentences

"the casual couplings of adolescents"
"the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

mate

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

couple

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pair

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conjugate

semantic pointers

hypernym

sex, sexual activity, sex activity, sexual practice

hyponym

assortative mating disassortative mating hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing inbreeding servicing, service

the act of making or becoming a single unit
<noun.act>

conjugation jointure unification union uniting

sample sentences

"the union of opposing factions"
"he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

unite

antonym

disunion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

unify unify

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

unite

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

join

semantic pointers

hypernym

compounding, combination, combining

hyponym

coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination reunion, reunification tribalization, tribalisation umbrella

a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
<noun.artifact>

union

semantic pointers

hypernym

device

the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
<noun.event>

union

sample sentences

"lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"

semantic pointers

hypernym

occurrence, happening, occurrent, natural event

hyponym

amphimixis fusion, unification, merger combining, combine

a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
<noun.group>

join sum union

sample sentences

"let C be the union of the sets A and B"

semantic pointers

hypernym

set

hyponym

direct sum

a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
<noun.group>

union

sample sentences

"the Soviet Union"

semantic pointers

hyponym

confederacy, confederation, federation enosis league customs union

hypernym

political unit, political entity

healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
<noun.process>

conglutination union

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conglutinate conglutinate

semantic pointers

hypernym

healing

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 1

marriage matrimony spousal relationship union wedlock