union : Idioms & Phrases

Art` un"ion

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1. An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.

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• noun a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex
  
  • parties to a civil union have all the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under Vermont law as spouses in a marriage

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• noun a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union
  

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• noun a former political party in the United States; formed in 1859 by former Whigs who hoped to preserve the Union
  

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• noun university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences
  Cooper Union.
  

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• noun university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences
  Cooper Union.
  

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• noun a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft
  

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• noun a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
  

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• noun an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members
  

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• noun an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
  Europe; European Community; EC; European Economic Community; Common Market; EU; EEC.
  
  • he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union

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• (Theol.), the union of the divine with the human nature of Christ.

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• (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.

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• noun a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft
  industrial union.
  

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• noun an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
  union; brotherhood; labor union; trade union.
  
  • you have to join the union in order to get a job

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• . See under Latin.

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• (Eng. Hist.), the union of Great Britain and Ireland, which took place Jan. 1, 1801.

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• noun the administrative agency of the Organization of American States
  

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• (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by the first intention.

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• (Surg.), the union of wounds after suppuration; union by the second intention.

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• noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
  coupling; union; pairing; conjugation; mating.
  
  • the casual couplings of adolescents
  • the mating of some species occurs only in the spring

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• noun a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
  Soviet Union; USSR; Russia.
  

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• noun a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body
  

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• noun an industrial union of truck drivers and chauffeurs and warehouse workers
  

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• noun an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
  union; brotherhood; labor union; trade union.
  
  • you have to join the union in order to get a job

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trades" un`ion, Trade" un`ion (Also<

• trades union
• Trade union

)

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1. An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.

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• noun an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
  labor movement; labor.
  

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• noun an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
  union; brotherhood; labor union; trade union.
  
  • you have to join the union in order to get a job

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trades" un`ion, Trade" un`ion (Also<

• trades union
• Trade union

)

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1. An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc.

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• (Eng. Hist.), the act by which Scotland was united to England, or by which the two kingdoms were incorporated into one, in 1707.

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• noun the northern army during the American Civil War
  

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• . (Surg.) See To heal by the first, ∨ second, intention, under Intention.

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• noun a card certifying membership in a labor union
  

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• (Naut.), a signal of distress at sea made by reversing the flag, or turning its union downward.

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• noun national flag of the United Kingdom
  Union flag.
  

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• noun national flag of the United Kingdom
  Union flag.
  

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• . (Naut.) See Jack, n., 10.

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• . (Mech.) (a) A joint formed by means of a union. (b) A piece of pipe made in the form of the letter T.

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• noun a worker who belongs to a trade union
  trade unionist; unionist.
  

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• noun a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal
  Burma; Myanmar.
  
  • much opium is grown in Myanmar

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• noun a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro
  Serbia and Montenegro; Jugoslavija; Yugoslavia; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  

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• noun a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
  Soviet Union; USSR; Russia.
  

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• noun a representative for a labor union
  

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• noun a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time
  

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• noun a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
  Federal; Federal soldier.
  

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• noun an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece
  long underwear.
  

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• noun a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft
  industrial union.
  

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