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union
Being 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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adjective
Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
“Union soldiers”
noun
An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
“You have to join the union in order to get a job”
noun
The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
“The casual couplings of adolescents”
noun
The state of being joined or united or linked
“There is strength in union”
noun
The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
“A long and happy marriage”
noun
Healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
noun
A political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
“The Soviet Union”
noun
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”
noun
The occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
“Lightning produced an unusual union of the metals”
noun
A device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
noun
The act of making or becoming a single unit
“The union of opposing factions”
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Union soldiers
Federal forces
A Federal infantryman
You have to join the union in order to get a job
The casual couplings of adolescents
The mating of some species occurs only in the spring
There is strength in union
A long and happy marriage
God bless this union
The Soviet Union
Let C be the union of the sets A and B
Lightning produced an unusual union of the metals
The union of opposing factions
He looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
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