union

Definitions

• (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
• (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
• (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
• (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
• (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
• (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
• (countable) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
• (countable) The act or state of marriage.
• (uncountable) sexual Sexual intercourse.
• (countable) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
• (countable) A large, high-quality pearl.
• (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.