union meaning
EN
[ˈjuːnjən] 
US WUnion
- Union is the state of being united or joined.
- Union may also refer to:
FR union 
- NounPLunionsPREuni-SUF-ion
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (uncountable) The state of being united or joined.
- (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.
- (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.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- (countable, computing) A data structure that can store any of various items, but only one at a time.
- (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- VerbSGunionsPRunioningPT, PPunioned
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Together, newly powerful shoppers and shareholders of this supercapitalism drove a decline in labor unions and a frenzy by corporations desperate to buy some market advantage in Washington.
- More precisely, he is overequipped: among the items he takes from London are a collapsible canoe, a Union Jack, six linen suits, an astrolabe and a portable humidor.
- New York City's largest hospital has agreed to retrain some unionized employees whose jobs were to be eliminated under an austerity drive, the hospital and its largest labor union said yesterday.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Union head coach Jim Curtin, a lifelong Philadelphian, has made it clear that signing homegrowns will be a priority for him moving forward.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- 2006 Mike Huggins, Jack Williams, "Sport and the English, 1918-1939" George V, Edward VIII and George VI were all Patrons of the Rugby Union.
- The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.
- The illegal pressure ... has forced hundreds of workers to unaffiliate from their unions.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of union in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "union" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb.