the act or an instance of uniting or joining two or more things into one
a unified condition; combination or junction
a marriage
a uniting in marriage
sexual intercourse
something that is made one; something formed by a combining or coalition of parts or members
an association of independent individuals or groups for some common purpose
an organization run by the students of an educational institution
= trade union
(used before a noun) of or belonging to a union, esp a trade union
in mathematics, the set of all elements belonging to one or both of two given sets
(often the Union) a political unit made up from previously independent units that have surrendered their principal powers to the government of the whole, e.g. England and Scotland in 1707, or to a newly created government, e.g. the USA in 1789
(the Union) the northern states during the American Civil War
(often Union) the formation of such a political unit
an emblem of the union of two or more sovereignties borne on a national flag
the upper inner corner of a flag
any of various devices for connecting parts, e.g. of a machine, esp a coupling for pipes or pipes and fittings
any of various cloths having the warp and the weft of different fibres
any of various groups of English parishes that joined together in the 19th cent. in order to make administering the Poor Laws easier and more efficient