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join  (join)

v. joined, join·ing, joins

v.tr.

1. To put or bring together so as to make continuous or form a unit: join two boards with nails; joined hands in a circle.

2. To put or bring into close association or relationship: two families that were joined by marriage; join forces.

3. To connect (points), as with a straight line.

4. To meet and merge with: where the creek joins the river.

5. To become a part or member of: joined the photography club.

6. To come into the company of: joined the group in the waiting room.

7. To participate with in an act or activity: The committee joins me in welcoming you.

8. To adjoin.

9. To engage in; enter into: Opposing armies joined battle on the plain.

v.intr.

1. To come together so as to form a connection: where the two bones join.

2. To act together; form an alliance: The two factions joined to oppose the measure.

3. To become a member of a group.

4. To take part; participate: joined in the search.

n.

A joint; a junction.

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[Middle English joinen, from Old French joindre, joign-, join-, from Latin iungere; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: join, combine, unite, link¹, connect, relate, associate
These verbs mean to fasten or affix or become fastened or affixed. Join applies to the physical contact or union of at least two separate things and to the coming together of persons, as into a group: The children joined hands. The two armies joined together to face a common enemy. "Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work" Susan B. Anthony.
Combine suggests the mixing or merging of components, often for a specific purpose: The cook combined various ingredients. "When bad men combine, the good must associate" Edmund Burke.
Unite stresses the coherence or oneness of the persons or things joined: The volunteers united to prevent their town from flooding. The strike united the oppressed workers.
Link and connect imply a firm attachment in which individual components nevertheless retain their identities: The study linked the high crime rate to unemployment. The reporter connected the police chief to the scandal.
Relate refers to connection of persons through marriage or kinship (Although we share a surname, she and I are not related) or of things through logical association (The two events were directly related). Associate usually implies a relationship of persons as partners or allies: My children are associated with me in the family business.
It can also refer to a relationship of things that are similar or complementary or that have a connection in one's thoughts: I associate the beach with pleasant memories of summer.

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join

Verb

1. to become a member of (a club or organization)

2. to become part of (a queue or list)

3. to meet (someone) as a companion: join me for a beer

4. to take part in (an activity): join the war effort

5. (of two roads or rivers) to meet and come together

6. to bring into contact: join hands

7. join forces to combine efforts with someone

Noun

a place where two things are joined together

See also join in, join up [Latin jungere to yoke]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	join - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made articulation, joint, junction, juncture esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium connexion, link, connection - a connecting shape
	2.	join - a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" sum, union set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" direct sum - a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets
Verb	1.	join - become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" fall in, get together sign up - join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes" band oneself, league together - attach oneself to a group unionise, unionize, organise, organize - form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize" affiliate - join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group" rejoin - join again infiltrate, penetrate - enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor" unite, unify - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
	2.	join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" bring together ancylose, ankylose - produce ankylosis by surgery connect - join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" connect - join by means of communication equipment; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" miter - fit together in a miter joint ply - join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply fabric" close up, close - unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella" anastomose, inosculate - cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis; "anastomose blood vessels" couple, mate, pair, twin, match - bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" match - give or join in marriage mortice, mortise - join by a tenon and mortise cog - join pieces of wood with cogs fair - join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly scarf - unite by a scarf joint rebate - join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone" rabbet - join with a rabbet joint seam - put together with a seam; "seam a dress" bridge - make a bridge across; "bridge a river" connect, link, link up, tie - connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" close - bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks" ligate - join letters in a ligature when writing assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" sovietise, sovietize - bring under Soviet control, of a country disjoin, disjoint - make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
	3.	join - come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink"
	4.	join - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" conjoin feather - join tongue and groove, in carpentry attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill" cross-link - join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein) anastomose, inosculate - come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels anastomose" connect, link, link up, tie - connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" copulate, mate, couple, pair - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" yoke - become joined or linked together engraft, graft, ingraft - cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree" splice - join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes" splice - join the ends of; "splice film" patch, piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" solder - join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together" weld - join together by heating; "weld metal" quilt - stitch or sew together; "quilt the skirt" entwine, knit - tie or link together disjoin, disjoint - become separated, disconnected or disjoint
	5.	join - be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" link up, connect, link, unite syndicate - join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated" articulate - unite by forming a joint or joints; "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones" complect, interconnect, interlink - be interwoven or interconnected; "The bones are interconnected via the muscle"

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join

verb 1. enrol in, enter, sign up for, become a member of, enlist in

verb 2. connect, unite, couple, link, marry, tie, combine, attach, knit, cement, adhere, fasten, annex, add, splice, yoke, append << OPPOSITE detach

verb 3. meet, touch, border, extend, butt, adjoin, conjoin, reach << OPPOSITE part

Translations

join [dʒɔɪn] vt [+ things] → unir, juntar (= become member of) [+ club] → hacerse socio de;

(POL) [+ party]; afiliarse a (= meet) [+ people] → reunirse con;

(fig) → unirse a

vi [roads] → empalmar; [rivers] → confluir

n → juntura;

will you join us for dinner? → ¿quieres cenar con nosotros?;

I'll join you later → me reuniré contigo luego;

to join forces (with) → aliarse (con)

join in vi → tomar parte, participar

vt fus → tomar parte or participar en

join up vi → unirse;

(MIL) → alistarse

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join [dʒɔɪn] vt (= put together) → unir, assembler (= become member of); s'inscrire à (= meet); rejoindre, retrouver [+ queue]; se joindre à

vi [roads, rivers] → se rejoindre, se rencontrer

n → raccord m;

will you join us for dinner? → vous dînerez bien avec nous?;

I'll join you later → je vous rejoindrai plus tard;

to join forces (with) → s'associer (à)

join in vi → se mettre de la partie

vt fus → se mêler à

join up vi (= meet) → se rejoindre;

(Mil) → s'engager

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join [dʒɔɪn] vt (club, party) → beitreten +dat;

(queue) → sich stellen in +acc;

(things, places) → verbinden;

(group of people) → sich anschließen +dat

vi (roads) → sich treffen;

(rivers) → zusammenfließen

n → Verbindungsstelle f;

to join forces (with) (fig) → sich zusammentun (mit);

will you join us for dinner? → wollen Sie mit uns zu Abend essen?;

I'll join you later → ich komme später

join in join vi → mitmachen

vt fus → sich beteiligen an +dat

join up join vi → sich treffen;

(Mil) → zum Militär gehen

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join [dʒɔɪn] vt → unire, congiungere (= become member of); iscriversi a (= meet); raggiungere; riunirsi a

vi [roads, rivers] → confluire

n → giuntura;

to join forces (with) → allearsi (con or a);

(fig) → mettersi insieme (a);

will you join us for dinner? → viene a cena con noi?;

I'll join you later → vi raggiungo più tardi

join in vt fus → unirsi a, prendere parte a, partecipare a

vi → partecipare

join up vi → arruolarsi