English Dictionary

union

/ˈjuːn.jən/

noun

(countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one. / (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.

The union negotiated a new contract for its members.

意味（1）

(countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.

意味（2）

(countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.

意味（3）

(countable) 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.

意味（4）

(countable) A trade union; a workers' union.

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.

意味（5）

(countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.

意味（6）

(countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.

意味（7）

(countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.

意味（8）

(countable) The act or state of marriage.

意味（9）

(uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.

意味（10）

(countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.

意味（11）

(countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.

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 […]

意味（12）

(historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.