Tra từ union - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

union [union unions] BrE [ˈjuːniən] NAmE [ˈjuːniən] noun
1. (also ˌtrade ˈunion) (BrE also ˌtrades ˈunion) (NAmE also ˈlabor union)countable an organization of workers, usually in a particular industry, that exists to protect their interests, improve conditions of work, etc
• I've joined the union.
•a union member
2. countable an association or a club for people or organizations with the same interest
•the Scottish Rugby Union
see also ↑students' union (²)
3. countable 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. Unionsingular 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. uncountable, singular 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 union
6. countable (old-fashioned)a marriage
• Their union was blessed with six children.
See also: ↑labor union ▪ ↑trade union

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin unio(n-) ‘unity’, from Latin unus ‘one’.

Example Bank:
•France's biggest union
•He paid his union dues to Local Union 98.
•Several unions expressed support for the strike.
•She became active in the teachers' union.
•Some of the member states wanted a closer union rather than the loose confederation that developed.
•The Soviet Union broke up after only a few years of liberalization.
•The nurses' union negotiated a new contract.
•The union represents 40% of all hospital workers.
•The union threatened strike action if its demands were not met.
•a move in the direction of full political union
•a move towards full European union
•currency union between the two countries
•states where same-sex unions are recognized
•the union with East Germany
•He has been appointed head of the Welsh Rugby Union.
•He spoke out at a meeting of the National Union of Journalists.
•Teachers' unions have been consulted at both local and national levels.
•The crisis will be discussed as a meeting of African Union leaders this week.
•The figures come from a survey by public-sector unions.
•The government has made continued attacks on the trade union movement.
•The news emerged yesterday after a meeting between managers and union representatives.
•The nurses' union negotiated a 3% pay rise.
•The proposal was opposed by the trade unions.
•Those affected are members of the engineering workers' union, the AEU.