union in English: A group of workers who join together to protect their rights. It also means the joining of two or more things into one. (noun)

Translation

A group of workers who join together to protect their rights. It also means the joining of two or more things into one.

Word origin

From Latin unus, meaning one. A union makes one thing out of many.

Gender

Pluralunions

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Here a "union" is an organised group of workers.

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"Union" can mean the act of joining things into one.

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"Union" here is a formal word for a joining together.

group

A number of people or things that are together or belong with each other.

join

To come together with other people, or to put two things together.

worker

A person who works, especially someone who does a job for money.

together

With each other, as a group, in the same place at the same time.

member

A person who belongs to a group, club, or team.

soviet

Connected with the Soviet Union, the country centred on Russia from 1922 to 1991. Usually written with a capital S.

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