join
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ verb, noun
Forms joins joining joined joint joinest joinedst joineth joyn joyne joyen
- verb (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together. “The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe.”
- verb (intransitive) To come together; to meet. “Parallel lines never join.”
- verb (intransitive) To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
- verb (transitive) To start working on or participating in a project. “He joined season 2 of the television show.”
- verb (transitive) To come into the company of. “I will join you in watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.”
- verb (transitive) To become a member of. “Many children join a sports club.”
- verb (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables. “By joining the Customer table on the Product table, we can show each customer's name alongside the products they have ordered.”
- verb To unite in marriage.
- noun An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
- noun An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
- noun (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
- noun (computing) The act of joining something, such as a network.
- noun (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.
- noun (algebraic geometry) The smallest linear space containing both of two given linear spaces.
Synonyms
bewed connect fay unite accouple affix assemble associate attach bind clasp clinch combine conglomerate conglutinate conjoin construct couple entwine fix articulation joint juncture junction union sum fall in get together bring together link
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Etymology
From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
- verb To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church.
- verb To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join.
- noun The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. Henrici.
Etymology [OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and cf. Conjugal, Junction, Junta.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “join”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details