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union

Definition

  • noun: an organization of workers formed to protect the rights and interests of its members
  • noun: an act or instance of uniting or joining two or more things into one
  • often used as 'Union' before another noun
  • synonyms: alliance, junction, connection

Examples

  • They celebrated their 'union' [='marriage'] with more than 200 friends and family members.

  • One brother fought for 'the Union' and one for the Confederacy.

  • An embryo is created through the 'union' of sperm and egg.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) "keep us who are still in the body in everlasting fellowship "with all that wait for Thee on earth, "and with all that are around Thee in heaven, "in union with Him who is the resurrection "and the life, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, "ever one God, world without end. Amen." (..)
    2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas