union · n
union (REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATION)
B1 an organization that represents a group of people who do a particular job or who have the same goals
Dictionary examples:
The professional nappers' union fought for longer lunch breaks at work. (0.0)
The banana union demanded better working conditions for fruit pickers. (0.0)
The procrastinators' union meeting was postponed indefinitely. (0.0)
a teachers'/firefighters' union (24.8)
the American Civil Liberties Union (79.6)
union (POLITICAL UNIT)
B2 a single political unit that is made up of two or more countries, states, etc.
Dictionary examples:
the former Soviet Union (23.4)
the European Union (78.8)