Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: union
Definition: a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
Main entry: union
Definition: the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
Usage: lightning produced an unusual union of the metals
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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: union
Definition: a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
Usage: the Soviet Union
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
Main entry: union, conglutination
Definition: healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
Main entry: 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
Main entry: unification, union
Definition: the state of being joined or united or linked
Usage: there is strength in union
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
Main entry: union
Definition: of trade unions
Usage: the union movement; union negotiations; a union-shop clause in the contract