Engelsk ordbog



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Engelsk tillægsord: Union

1. Union being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningUnion soldiers.
Federal forces.
A Federal infantryman.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)Federal


Termer med lignende betydningnorthern


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)southern

2. union of trade unions


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe union movement.
Union negotiations.
A union-shop clause in the contract.


Termer med lignende betydningclosed, organised, organized, unionised, unionized


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)nonunion


Engelsk navneord: union

1. union (om gruppe) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningYou have to join the union in order to get a job.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union


Mindre specifikke termerorganisation, organization


Mere specifikke termercompany union, craft union, I.W.W., industrial union, Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, vertical union


Omfatter disse overordnede termerlabor, labor movement, trade union movement

2. Union (om sted) the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHe has visited every state in the Union.
Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union.
The North's superior resources turned the scale.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)North


Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termerAmerica, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA


Omfatter disse specifikke termerfree state


Kendetegnernorthern


Overordnet (geografisk) regionAmerica, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

3. union (om handling) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe casual couplings of adolescents.
The mating of some species occurs only in the spring.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union


Mindre specifikke termersex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice


Mere specifikke termerassortative mating, cross, crossbreeding, crossing, disassortative mating, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, inbreeding, interbreeding, service, servicing

4. union (om tilstand) the state of being joined or united or linked


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThere is strength in union.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)unification


Mindre specifikke termerstate


Mere specifikke termerassociation, coalition, colligation, conjugation, conjunction, connectedness, connection, fusion, junction, link, marriage, syncretism


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)separation

5. union (om tilstand) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningA long and happy marriage.
God bless this union.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock


Mindre specifikke termermarital status


Mere specifikke termerbigamy, common-law marriage, cuckoldom, endogamy, exogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage, intermarriage, marriage of convenience, misalliance, monandry, monogamousness, monogamy, open marriage, polygamy, sigeh


Overordnet emneområdejurisprudence, law

6. union (om proces) healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)conglutination


Mindre specifikke termerhealing

7. union (om gruppe) a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe Soviet Union.


Mindre specifikke termerpolitical entity, political unit


Mere specifikke termerconfederacy, confederation, customs union, enosis, federation, league

8. union (om gruppe) a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningLet C be the union of the sets A and B.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)join, sum


Mindre specifikke termerset


Mere specifikke termerdirect sum

9. union (om begivenhed) the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningLightning produced an unusual union of the metals.


Mindre specifikke termerhappening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent


Mere specifikke termeramphimixis, combine, combining, fusion, merger, unification

10. union (om genstand) a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)


Mindre specifikke termerdevice

11. union (om handling) the act of making or becoming a single unit


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe union of opposing factions.
He looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)conjugation, jointure, unification, uniting


Mindre specifikke termercombination, combining, compounding


Mere specifikke termercoalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination, reunification, reunion, tribalisation, tribalization, umbrella


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)disunion









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