noun🔗ShareThe act of uniting or joining two or more things into one."The unions of the two classes created a much larger, more diverse group. "organizationgroupbusinesspoliticseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony."The unions of different community groups helped to raise money for the new park. "grouporganizationstatepoliticsgovernmentsystembusinesssocietylawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThat which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league."Several small student clubs formed unions to have a stronger voice in school decisions. "grouporganizationpoliticsgovernmentnationstatebusinesseconomyindustrysocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA trade union; a workers' union."The teachers' union negotiated a new contract with the school district. "organizationbusinessjobpoliticsgovernmenteconomysocietyworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.""Several student unions organized a protest against the proposed tuition increase." "educationpoliticsgrouporganizationsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes."The plumber tightened the unions connecting the pipes under the sink to stop the leak. "technicalmachinepartindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe set containing all of the elements of two or more sets."In math class, we learned that the unions of the set of even numbers and the set of odd numbers is the set of all whole numbers. "mathnumberelementlogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act or state of marriage."The unions between the two families were celebrated with a large party. "familysexcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.""In our programming class, we learned that unions are like special boxes that can hold either a number, a letter, or a word, but only one of these things at any given moment." "computingstructuretechnicaltypeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA large, high-quality pearl."The necklace featured several stunning unions, each pearl flawlessly round and shimmering with iridescence. "qualitymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse."In 19th-century England, several small villages formed unions to share the cost of caring for the poor in their jointly-run workhouse. "governmentorganizationhistorysocietyworkaidChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo combine sets using the union operation."The computer program unions the list of students taking math with the list of students taking science to create a combined list of all students in either class. "mathcomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading