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union

Definitions of union
  1. noun
    a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
    synonyms: ligue
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    types:
    confédération, union d'Etats
    a union of political organizations
    ligue
    an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
    union douanière
    an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members
    type of:
    unité politique
    a unit with political responsibilities
  2. noun
    the state of being joined or united or linked
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    antonyms:
    séparation
    the state of lacking unity
    types:
    coalition, fusion
    the state of being combined into one body
    connexion
    the state of being connected
    association
    the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination
    alliance
    the state of being allied or confederated
    contact
    the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
    cohérence, cohésion
    the state of cohering or sticking together
    type of:
    état
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  3. noun
    an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
    synonyms: ligue
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    type of:
    ligue
    a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
  4. noun
    an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
  5. noun
    a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
    synonyms: ligue
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    type of:
    ensemble, jeu, service
    a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
  6. noun
    the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
    synonyms: accouplement
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    types:
    accouplement
    the act of mating by male animals
    type of:
    activité sexuelle, sexe
    activities associated with sexual intercourse
  7. noun
    a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
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    type of:
    devise, emblème
    an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
  8. noun
    the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
    synonyms: ligue
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    types:
    fusion
    an occurrence that involves the production of a union
    combinaison
    an occurrence that results in things being united
    amalgame, mélange
    an event that combines things in a mixture
    type of:
    happening, événement
    an event that happens
  9. noun
    the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
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    example of:
    Amérique, EU, Etats Unis, Etats Unis d'Amérique
    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
  10. noun
    the combination of two or more commercial companies
    synonyms: fusion
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    type of:
    consolidation, fusion
    the act of combining into an integral whole
  11. noun
    the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
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    types:
    bifurcation, carrefour, croisée des chemins
    the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)
    jonction, unification
    an act of joining or adjoining things
    attachement, fixation
    the act of fastening things together
    mise à la masse, mise à la terre, prise de masse, prise de terre
    fastening electrical equipment to earth
    type of:
    changement d'intégrité
    the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
  12. noun
    the act of making or becoming a single unit
    synonyms: ligue
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    types:
    fusion, unification
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
    réunification, réunion
    the act of coming together again
    type of:
    combinaison
    the act of combining things to form a new whole
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