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- [yoon-yuh n]
- /ˈyun yən/
- /ˈjuːniən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [yoon-yuh n]
- /ˈyun yən/
Definitions of union word
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- noun union North in Civil War 1
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Origin of union
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin ūniōn- (stem of ūniō), equivalent to Latin ūn(us) one + -iōn- -ion
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Parts of speech for Union
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
union popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
union usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for union
noun union
- affiliation — If one group has an affiliation with another group, it has a close or official connection with it.
- agreement — An agreement is a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people.
- alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
- amalgamation — the action or process of amalgamating
- anschluss — a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)
Antonyms for union
noun union
- altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- antagonization — to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- branching — the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
Top questions with union
- what is the european union?