"students' union" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: students' unions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=students' union}} students' union (plural students' unions)
  1. (UK) A student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizational activities, and representation. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-students'_union-en-noun-JDpPbO3o Disambiguation of Universities: 51 8 27 14 Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK) The building where the union provides such services. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-students'_union-en-noun-Oa40pvrn Categories (other): British English
  3. (UK) A student organization to provide services to students, especially of higher education (in this sense only US English, and then almost always "student union") Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-students'_union-en-noun-O-3en4nB Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 9 38 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 6 42 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 8 40 28
  4. (UK) The building where the union provides such services. (in this sense only US English, and then almost always "student union") Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-students'_union-en-noun-2VZa6QQs Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: student union (english: US spelling), SU Translations (building): ylioppilaskuntatalo (Finnish), ylioppilaskunta (english: universities) (Finnish), oppilaskuntatalo (Finnish), oppilaskunta (english: other) (Finnish), kårhus [neuter] (Swedish) Translations (organization): studentenvakbond [masculine] (Dutch), ylioppilaskunta (english: universities) (Finnish), oppilaskunta (english: other) (Finnish), studentkår [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'building': 23 42 0 35 Disambiguation of 'organization': 48 1 49 2

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