| NOUN | group | union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood | an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer |
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| location | Union, North | the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) | |
| act | union, coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual union | the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | |
| state | union, unification | the state of being joined or united or linked | |
| state | union, marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock | the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined / joined for life (or until divorce) | |
| process | union, conglutination | healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones | |
| group | union | a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations | |
| group | union, sum, join | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets | |
| event | union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts | |
| artifact | union | a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) | |
| act | union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure | the act of making or becoming a single unit | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | Union, Federal | being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War |
| all | union | of trade unions |
| Sounds | yuw'nyahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. | |
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| Synonym | Federal | |
| Broader | northern | In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line |
| Spanish | federal | |
| Meaning | Of trade unions. | |
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| Narrower | closed | requiring union membership |
| organized, organised, unionized, unionised | A member of or formed into a labor union | |
| Opposite | nonunion | not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union |
| Spanish | sindical, sindicalista | |
| Catalan | sindical, sindicalista | |
| Meaning | The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War). | |
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| Synonym | North | |
| Instance of | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Attributes | northern | In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line |
| Parts | free state | Any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War |
| Region | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Spanish | la Unión | |
| Catalan | la Unió | |
| Meaning | The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes. | |
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| Synonyms | coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual union | |
| Narrower | assortative mating | mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating |
| disassortative mating | mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar / dissimilar / dissimilar than likely in random mating | |
| hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | |
| inbreeding | The act of mating closely related individuals | |
| servicing, service | The act of mating by male animals | |
| Broader | sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity | Activities associated with sexual intercourse |
| Spanish | acoplamiento, apareamiento, emparejamiento, monta, unión | |
| Catalan | acoblament, aparellament, apariament | |
| Meaning | The state of being joined or united or linked. | |
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| Example | "there is strength in union" | |
| Synonym | unification | |
| Narrower | association | The state of being connected together as in memory or imagination |
| coalition, fusion | The state of being combined / combined into one body / body | |
| connection, link, connectedness | The state of being connected | |
| junction, conjunction, conjugation, colligation | The state of being joined together | |
| marriage | A close and intimate union | |
| syncretism | The union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) | |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
| Opposite | separation | The state of lacking unity |
| Spanish | unión | |
| Catalan | unió | |
| Meaning | healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones. | |
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| Synonym | conglutination | |
| Broader | healing | The natural process by which the body repairs itself |
| Meaning | A political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations. | |
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| Example | "the Soviet Union" | |
| Narrower | confederation, confederacy, federation | A union of political organizations |
| customs union | An association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members | |
| enosis | The union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots) | |
| league | An association of states / states or organizations or individuals for common action | |
| Broader | political unit, political entity | A unit with political responsibilities |
| Spanish | coalicion, sindicato, unión | |
| Catalan | coalició, unió | |
| Meaning | A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets. | |
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| Example | "let C be the union of the sets A and B" | |
| Synonyms | sum, join | |
| Narrower | direct sum | A union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets |
| Broader | set | A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used |
| Spanish | union, unión | |
| Meaning | The occurrence of a uniting of separate parts. | |
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| Example | "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals" | |
| Narrower | amphimixis | Union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction |
| combining, combine | An occurrence that results in things being united | |
| fusion, merger, unification | An occurrence that involves the production of a union | |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
| Spanish | unión | |
| Catalan | unió | |
| Meaning | 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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| Broader | device | An emblematic design (especially in heraldry) |
| Meaning | The act of making or becoming a single unit. | |
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| Example | "the union of opposing factions" | |
| Synonyms | unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure | |
| Narrower | coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination | The union of diverse things into one body or form or group |
| reunion, reunification | The act of coming together again | |
| tribalization, tribalisation | The act of making tribal | |
| umbrella | Having the function of uniting a group of similar things | |
| Broader | combination, combining, compounding | The act of combining things to form a new whole / whole |
| Opposite | disunion | The termination or destruction of union |
| Spanish | unificación, unión | |
| Catalan | unificació, unió | |
| Verbs | unite | become one |
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