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Word entry · 5 letters

union

Best crossword clue

"Joined group"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈjuː.njən/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted innouStarts with UEnds with N5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Group formed by joining together

Word origin

From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unio.

Used in a sentence

  • In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
  • Unions are useful in those cases where you need to keep track of a value that can be represented as different data types during the lifetime of the program.
  • Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and[…]an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […]

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Joined group5 letters
02Joined organization5 letters
03Joined worker group5 letters
04Organized group of workers5 letters
05Group joined together5 letters

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