Synonyms: unification, union, uniting, conjugation, jointure
Definition: the act of making or becoming a single unit
Usage: the union of opposing factions; he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays
Similar words: combination, combining, compounding
Definition: the act of combining things to form a new whole
Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, union, sexual union, mating, pairing
Definition: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
Usage: the casual couplings of adolescents; the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
Similar words: sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
Definition: activities associated with sexual intercourse
Usage: they had sex in the back seat
Synonyms: union
Definition: a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
Similar words: device
Definition: an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
Usage: he was recognized by the device on his shield
Synonyms: union
Definition: the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
Usage: lightning produced an unusual union of the metals
Similar words: natural event, occurrence, occurrent, happening
Definition: an event that happens
Definition: a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
Usage: let C be the union of the sets A and B
Similar words: set
Definition: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
Usage: a set of books; a set of golf clubs; a set of teeth
Synonyms: labor union, brotherhood, union, trade union, trades union
Definition: an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
Usage: you have to join the union in order to get a job
Similar words: organisation, organization
Definition: a group of people who work together
Synonyms: union
Definition: a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
Usage: the Soviet Union
Similar words: political entity, political unit
Definition: a unit with political responsibilities
Definition: the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
Usage: he has visited every state in the Union; Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union; the North's superior resources turned the scale
Similar words: America, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, the States, US, USA
Definition: North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Synonyms: union, conglutination
Definition: healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
Similar words: healing
Definition: the natural process by which the body repairs itself
Synonyms: marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock
Definition: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
Usage: a long and happy marriage; God bless this union
Similar words: marital status
Definition: the condition of being married or unmarried
Synonyms: unification, union
Definition: the state of being joined or united or linked
Usage: there is strength in union
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state
Definition: being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
Usage: Union soldiers; Federal forces; a Federal infantryman
Similar words: northern
Definition: in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
Usage: Northern liberals; northern industry; northern cities
Synonyms: union
Definition: of trade unions
Usage: the union movement; union negotiations; a union-shop clause in the contract
Similar words: closed
Definition: requiring union membership
Usage: a closed shop
Similar words: organised, organized, unionised, unionized
Definition: being a member of or formed into a labor union
Usage: organized labor; unionized workers; a unionized shop