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Union

Union

296 3.2
The United States acting as one nation during the Civil War
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːnjən/
  • Archaic
translation icon : Unión
  • During the Civil War, many fought to preserve the Union against those who sought to divide it.
  • State of the Union
  • state entered the Union
  • the Union address

We gain from the Union, but we bring a lot to it.

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Examples

Synonyms

North
vsUnion
  • US
1.9

The northern states of the United States during the Civil War

refers to the nation as a single political entity during that conflict

Compounds

3.8

A former country of several republics in eastern Europe and northern Asia, including Russia, that existed from 1922 to 1991

A group of European countries that work together on politics and the economy

45 2.7

An organized group of workers that negotiates with employers for better pay and working conditions

28 1.8

A person who belongs to a group of workers who protect pay and working conditions

19 3.6

A group like a bank owned by its members that offers savings accounts and low-rate loans

18 3.9

A legal partnership between two people, often same-sex, that gives many marriage rights

12 2.8

A group of workers who protect rights and talk with employers about pay and work conditions

A building on campus where students meet for events and social activities

Union soldier
  • Archaic
6 4.1

A soldier who fought for the Union in the American Civil War

Union Army
  • Archaic
4 4.0

An army from the northern United States that fought in the Civil War

4 3.0

An official card showing someone belongs to a labor union

4 2.8

The national flag of the United Kingdom showing the crosses of England, Scotland, and Ireland

A person elected by workers to speak for them in talks with managers

1 6.1

A private college in New York City that teaches art, architecture, and engineering

1 3.5

A large American labor union for truck drivers and warehouse workers

1 5.1

A workplace where new employees must join the workers' union within a set time

customs union
  • Specialized
1 5.0

A group of countries that remove import taxes between themselves and use the same tax on imports from other countries

A group of workers in one industry who join to talk with employers about pay and conditions for every worker

1 4.9

A male and female have sex to make babies

union suit
  • Archaic
1 9.1

One-piece underwear with long sleeves and legs that you wear to keep warm

An organized effort by workers to improve pay and working conditions

1 3.1

The national flag of the United Kingdom, also called the Union Jack

company union
  • Specialized
7.4

A union only for workers in one company that is often run by the employer

An American political party that formed in 1859 to keep the country together before the Civil War

A private college in New York City that teaches art, architecture, and engineering

A group of workers in the same skilled trade who join together to protect their rights

A child born to a couple

Long-lasting political, social, and cultural effects that continue because of the Soviet Union

9.9

The joining of the human and divine natures in Jesus as one person

7.7

An organization that helped countries in the Americas work together before the Organization of American States

2.7

A group of workers who join together to protect their pay and rights by talking with employers

The former official name of the country now called Myanmar

A country of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 to 2006

A former large country in eastern Europe and northern Asia with a communist government

A group of Catholic nuns who run schools and care for children worldwide

7.1

A group of workers that includes everyone in one industry no matter their job

A group of workers who join together without official recognition

Surface Forms

Union singular
Unions plural

Morphology

Union = unite (semi-transparent) = unite + ion

Formed by the regular noun-deriving suffix '-ion' from the verb 'unite', yielding the sense 'state or condition of being joined'.

Etymology

Union comes from the Latin root unus, which means 'one', and is like the common word unit. So calling the United States the Union during the Civil War meant the states were 'together as one', which is why the northern states were called the Union.