union
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,349 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,380 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer also: labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood you have to join the union in order to get a job
- the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) also: North he has visited every state in the UnionLee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes also: coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, sexual union the casual couplings of adolescentsthe mating of some species occurs only in the spring
- the state of being joined or united or linked also: unification there is strength in union
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) also: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock a long and happy marriageGod bless this union
- healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones also: conglutination
union in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It's backed by the government of the Martian Union.
Brigands of the Moon · Ray Cummings · Chapter 1
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Over Barbara Frietchie’s grave, Flag of Freedom and Union, wave!
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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The seen at Union Park was sublime with plenty of Ham fat.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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The lady's grandson was at this equal union, and was 5 years older than his grandfather.
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 1
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Men spoke even then, openly or secretly, of disunion; but in full truth, there had as yet been no actual union.
The Purchase Price · Emerson Hough · Chapter 1