1 [C] = TRADEUNION
2 [C] an association or a club for people or organizations with the same interest:
the Scottish Rugby Union
seealsoSTUDENTS'UNION(2)
3 [C] a group of states or countries that have the same central government or that agree to work together:
the former Soviet Union * the European Union
4 (Union) [sing.] the US (used especially at the time of the Civil War):
the Union and the Confederacy * the State of the Union address by the President
5 [U,sing.] the act of joining two or more things together; the state of being joined together; the act of two people joining together:
a summit to discuss economic and monetary union * Northern Ireland's union with Britain * sexual / physical union
6 [C] (old-fashioned) a marriage:
Their union was blessed with six children.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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