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Grep of noun union anglican communion bunion communion company union constitutional union party cooper union cooper union for the advancement of science and art craft union credit union customs union disunion european union holy communion industrial union intercommunion labor union pam american union reunion sexual union soviet union student union teamsters union trade union trade union movement trades union union union army union card union flag union jack union member union of burma union of soviet socialist republics union representative union shop union soldier union suit unionidae unionisation unionism unionist unionization vertical union Overview of noun union The noun union has 11 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (27) union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood -- (an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job") 2. (2) Union, North -- (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") 3. (1) coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union -- (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring") 4. union -- (the state of being united; "there is strength in union") 5. marriage, matrimony, union, wedlock -- (state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union") 6. union, conglutination -- (healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones) 7. union -- (a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union") 8. union, sum, join -- (a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B") 9. union -- (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals") 10. union -- (a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)) 11. union, unification, uniting -- (making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays") Overview of adj union The adj union has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) Union, Federal -- (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") 2. union -- (of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract") Antonyms of adj union 2 senses of union Sense 1 Union, Federal INDIRECT (VIA northern) -> southern Sense 2 union (vs. nonunion) nonunion (vs. union) => open(postnominal) => unorganized, unorganised, nonunionized, nonunionised Similarity of adj union 2 senses of union Sense 1 Union, Federal => northern (vs. southern) Sense 2 union (vs. nonunion) => closed(postnominal) => organized, organised, unionized, unionised Attributes of adj union Familiarity of adj union union used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj union nonunion union unionised unionized Overview of noun union The noun union has 11 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (27) union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood -- (an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job") 2. (2) Union, North -- (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") 3. (1) coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union -- (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring") 4. union -- (the state of being united; "there is strength in union") 5. marriage, matrimony, union, wedlock -- (state of being husband and wife; "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union") 6. union, conglutination -- (healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones) 7. union -- (a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union") 8. union, sum, join -- (a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B") 9. union -- (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals") 10. union -- (a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)) 11. union, unification, uniting -- (making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays") Overview of adj union The adj union has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) Union, Federal -- (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") 2. union -- (of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract")
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