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Definition of Union

Union The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination. Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord. 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; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union. A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together. A large, fine pearl. A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain. A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection. A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on. Related Definitions: Act, Agreement, Also, And, Are, As, Become, Being, Body, By, Called, Carried, Cask, Coalition, Combination, Composed, Concord, Confederation, Conjunction, Connecting, Connection, Consolidated, Corner, Cotton, Covering, Device, Disconnection, Elastic, Emblematic, Engine, English, Ensign, Especially, Fabric, Facilitate, Feed, Fermentation, Field, Fine, Fitting, Flag, Fly, For, Formed, Great, Harmony, Have, Having, In, Inner, Into, Is, It, Joined, Joining, Joint, Junction, Large, League, Like, Locomotive, Machinery, Made, Marine, Military, Mind, More, National, Naval, Numerous, Occupying, Of, Often, On, One, Or, Other, Pearl, Pipe, Rest, Silk, Something, Sometimes, Spirit, Standard, State, Such, Suspended, Tender, Textile, That, The, To, Together, Two, Union, United, Uniting, Upper, Used, Very, Way, Which, Whole, Will, With, Wool, Woven

Union Quotations Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. Charles de Secondat Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation. Mark Twain The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union. Dan Lipinski Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots. George Santayana I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force. Mohandas Gandhi

Union Translations union in Dutch is unie union in French is raccordement union in German is Vereinigung, Einigkeit, Gewerkschaft, Verein union in Italian is unione, unione, sindacato, lega union in Latin is congregatio, conventus union in Spanish is union, circulo, sindicato, reunion, unidad

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