union
/ˈjuː.njən/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.08 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
Countable
noun
An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time."
- "Unions are useful in those cases where you need to keep track of a value that can be represented as different data types during the lifetime of the program."
- "Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and[…]an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […]"
- "And in the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four successive kings In Denmark's crown have worn."
- "Actors have to be union to get work here."
- "The union government of India"
Etymology
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unio.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: unyoun, union, ūniō, ūnus
Usage
Inflected Forms
unions (plural)
unions (present, singular)
unioning (participle, present)
unioned (participle, past)
unioned (past)
more union (comparative)
most union (superlative)
the Union (canonical)