how to pronounce union

/ˈjuːnjən/

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union is pronounced in two syllables

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uː

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An example use of union in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… his childhood that is a union of private companies state of civil society that …”

meaning of union

Union is a group of people who have joined together to work for a common goal.

union frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word union occurs in english on average 47.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics union can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that union can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;