union

Universal Words noun 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.