The meaning of Union

noun

A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

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A defensive alliance between australia and new zealand

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A group of countries, political parties, or people who work together because of shared interests or aims, or the act of forming such a group

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[ c ] switzerland does not belong to any military alliance., [ u ] alliance against our common enem…

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An agreement to work with another person, organization, etc. to try to achieve the same thing

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A business/economic/marketing alliance, forge/form/enter into an alliance with sb/sth the company w…

verb

Combine or unite to form one organization or structure.

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He amalgamated his company with another

verb

Present participle of amalgamate

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The electricians' union is planning to amalgamate with the technicians' union., the different offic…

noun

The action, process, or result of combining or uniting.

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The threat of amalgamation with another college

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(often in names) a group of people organized for a joint purpose.

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The national association of probation officers

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A group of people united in an organization because of their common interests

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The aarp, the american association of retired persons, is a huge organization with millions of memb…

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A group of people or organizations who work together for a particular purpose, often used in the names of particular organizations

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The creation of more part-time jobs is supported by the employers' association., a business/profess…

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The relationship between brothers.

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The bonds of brotherhood

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An association dedicated to a particular interest or activity.

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I belong to a photographic club

verb

Combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose.

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Friends and colleagues clubbed together to buy him a present

verb

Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement.

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The islanders clubbed whales to death

noun

A temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government.

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A coalition between liberals and conservatives

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A group formed of different organizations or people who agree to act together, usually temporarily, to achieve something

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A governing coalition, the national coalition on black voter participation

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A group of two or more political parties working together to win an election or govern an area

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Form/build/assemble a coalition with no party having gained overall control in the election, the tw…

noun

A joining or merging of different parts or qualities in which the component elements are individually distinct.

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A magnificent combination of drama, dance, and music

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A mixture obtained when two or more things are combined

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[ c ] green is a combination of blue and yellow., [ c ] a combination of tiredness and boredom made…

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A result of two or more things joining together

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A combination of sth and sth a combination of economic slowdown and tax cuts is having a drastic ef…

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

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Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

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One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

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He combined ten acres of linseed

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

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Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

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He combined ten acres of linseed

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

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One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

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A league or alliance, especially of confederate states.

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The italian confederacy known as the lombard league

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The eleven southern states that left the us and fought against the north in the us civil war

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An organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.

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A confederation of trade unions

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A group of countries, organizations, or people who have joined together for economic or political reasons

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[ c ] a union confederation

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An organization consisting of different groups of people, countries, or companies working together for business or political reasons

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Never before has a confederation of small businesses so seriously challenged the onslaught of big d…

noun

A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).

noun

A word such as "and," "but," "because," or "although" that connects words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence

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[ u ] physicists are working in conjunction with engineers on the project.

noun

The action or process of making something stronger or more solid.

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The permanent consolidation of peace

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The situation in which two or more things, for example companies or organizations, are joined together

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Greater market share can be achieved in the long term through industry consolidation., the takeover…

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An association, typically of several companies.

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It would move the commissioning of care to local authorities, giving democratic control of the heal…

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A group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs.

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The russian federation

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A group of organizations, states, etc., that have united to form a larger organization or government

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Canada is a federation of provinces and territories.

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A group of organizations, regions, countries, etc. that have joined together to form a larger organization or government

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A federation of states/companies/trade unions, etc. the united states is a federation of 50 individ…

noun

A group of people sharing a common profession or interests.

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Members of the hunting fraternity

noun

A social organization for male students at a college or university

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The coaching fraternity

verb

Join or blend to form a single entity.

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Intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit

verb

Fit a fuse to (a bomb, shell, or mine).

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The bomb was fused to go off during a charity performance

noun

A safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level.

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If the demand for electrical current exceeds the safety level, a fuse opens once and must be replac…

noun

The process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity.

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The election results produced pressure for fusion of the parties

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Fusion is also the technique of joining atoms in a reaction that produces energy

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[ u ] nuclear fusion

noun

A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

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A group of boys approached

verb

Put in a group or groups.

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Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

A number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit

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A group of trees, i’m meeting a group of friends for dinner., a rock/soul group, she grouped the ch…

noun

A medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.

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The right model for the teacher unions is the medieval craftsman guilds, the hallmarks of which wer…

noun

An organization of people who do the same job or have the same interests

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The screen actors guild

noun

The action or process of integrating.

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Economic and political integration

noun

The process of combining two or more things into one

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Integration across sth we need to reduce the differences between local units, with the aim of great…

verb

Link; connect.

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The tap was joined to a pipe

noun

A place or line where two or more things are connected or fastened together.

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It was soldered so well that you couldn't see the join

verb

Present participle of join

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A long suspension bridge joins the two islands., join the two pieces together using strong glue., t…

noun

A point where two or more things are joined.

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The junction of the two rivers

noun

A place where things, esp. roads and railroads, meet or join

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The shopping center is near the junction of the new jersey turnpike and garden state parkway.

noun

A collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for mutual protection or cooperation.

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The league of nations

verb

Join in a league or alliance.

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Oscar had leagued with other construction firms

noun

A former measure of distance by land, usually about three miles.

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In 1803 napoleon exiled her to twenty leagues, roughly fifty miles, from paris.

noun

A combination of two things, especially companies, into one.

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A merger between two supermarket chains

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The combining of two or more companies or organizations into one

noun

A situation when two or more companies, organizations, departments, etc. join together

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The boards finally approved the merger between the two energy groups., merger of two companies, etc…

verb

Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.

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The merchant bank merged with another broker

verb

Present participle of merge

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They decided to merge the two companies into one., the country's two biggest banks are planning to …

noun

An organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department.

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A research organization

noun

The state of being a partner or partners.

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We should go on working together in partnership

noun

An agreement between organizations, people, etc. to work together

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A partnership between sb/sth and sb/sth the government is promoting a partnership between the state…

noun

The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

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Drugs, crime, and other dangers to society

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People considered as a group, or a group of people who live together in a particular social system

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[ u ] society is changing little by little., [ c ] societies change over the course of time., [ u ]…

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People in general living together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things, and sharing the work that needs to be done

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Society cannot expect perfection in products and services, but it can expect that corporations will…

noun

A society for female students in a university or college.

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Locally, businesses and iowa state university fraternities and sororities also contributed.

noun

A social organization for female students at a college or university

noun

A group of individuals or organizations combined to promote a common interest.

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Large-scale buyouts involving a syndicate of financial institutions

verb

Control or manage by a syndicate.

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We syndicate stores for retailers, which have fixed-price as their model.

noun

A group of people or companies that join together in order to share the cost of a business operation, such as the buying and publishing of newspaper stories, photographs, etc.

noun

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

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A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

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Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services esp. between countries

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[ u ] foreign trade, [ u ] a trade agreement, [ c ] the building trades, [ u ] he’s an auto mechani…

noun

The process of being united or made into a whole.

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The costs of german unification

noun

The forming of a single thing by bringing together separate parts

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Germany was transformed after the fall of the berlin wall and the unification of the country.

verb

Come or bring together for a common purpose or action.

Usage examples:

He called on the party to unite

verb

Present participle of unite

Usage examples:

If the opposition groups unite, they may will command over 55 percent of the vote., if ever a dance…