Union
The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangementThe 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement.
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2 sensesThe 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement.
The canton of the United States flag: the portion of the flag containing stars on a blue background.
- the act of making or becoming a single unit
- a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
- the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
Examples
371 sentencesWhy should I join a union?
They came to terms with the union leaders.
The union and the company have come to terms on a new contract.
I'm not a union member.
The union bargained with the management.
Origin
(locomotive): Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.(locomotive): Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.
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Forms
plural: UnionsSynonyms
20 synonyms- the act of making or becoming a single unit:unificationunitingconjugationjointure
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets:sumjoin
- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer:labor uniontrade uniontrades unionbrotherhood
- the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War):North
- healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones:conglutination
- the state of being joined or united or linked:unification
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsSee also
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