Union ˈjuːniən Joined Member Rugby Soviet States Meeting

• i've joined the union.
• a union member
• the scottish rugby union
• the former soviet union

union

1. an organization of workers, usually in a particular industry, that exists to protect their interests, improve conditions of work, etc.
• I've joined the union.
• a union member
2. an association or a club for people or organizations with the same interest
• see also students’ union (2)
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• the Scottish Rugby Union
3. a group of states or countries that have the same central government or that agree to work together
• the former Soviet Union
• the European Union
4. the US (used especially at the time of the Civil War)
• the Union and the Confederacy
• the State of the Union address by the President
5. the act of joining two or more things together; the state of being joined together; the act of two people joining together
• a summit to discuss economic and monetary union
• Northern Ireland’s union with Britain
• sexual union
6. a marriage
• Their union was blessed with six children.

Extra Examples

• France’s biggest union
• He paid his union dues to Local Union 98.
• Several unions expressed support for the strike.
• She became active in the teachers’ union.
• Some of the member states wanted a closer union rather than the loose confederation that developed.
• The Soviet Union broke up after only a few years of liberalization.
• The nurses’ union negotiated a new contract.
• The union represents 40% of all hospital workers.
• The union threatened strike action if its demands were not met.
• a move in the direction of full political union
• a move towards full European union
• currency union between the two countries
• states where same-sex unions are recognized
• the union with East Germany
• He has been appointed head of the Welsh Rugby Union.
• He spoke out at a meeting of the National Union of Journalists.
• Teachers’ unions have been consulted at both local and national levels.
• The crisis will be discussed at a meeting of African Union leaders this week.
• The figures come from a survey by public-sector unions.
• The government has made continued attacks on the trade union movement.
• The news emerged yesterday after a meeting between managers and union representatives.
• The nurses’ union negotiated a 3% pay rise.
• The proposal was opposed by the trade unions.
• Those affected are members of the engineering workers’ union, the AEU.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin unio(n-) ‘unity’, from Latin unus ‘one’.