Meanings
verbjoin (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past joined, past participle joined or (archaic) joint)
present singular third person joins · participle present joining · past joined · participle past joined · archaic participle past joint · first person past singular joined · archaic present second person singular joinest · past second person singular joined · archaic past second person singular joinedst · present singular third person joins · archaic present singular third person joineth · past singular third person joined · past plural joined · past subjunctive joined · participle present joining · participle past joined
- intransitiveTo come together; to meet.
Parallel lines never join.
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These two rivers join in about 80 miles.
- intransitiveTo enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
[…]Nature and Fortune ioyn’d to make thee great.
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 8, column 21 more example
Forſake thy king and do but ioyne with me And we will triumph ouer al the world.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii - transitiveTo start working on or participating in a project.
He joined season 2 of the television show.
- transitiveTo come into the company of.
I will join you in watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.
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No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46 - transitiveTo become a member of.
Many children join a sports club.
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Most politicians have joined a party.
In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC - transitivecomputingTo 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.
- To unite in marriage.
What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put aſunder.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 19:6, column 22 more examples
Into the whiche holy eſtate theſe two perſones pꝛeſent: come nowe to be ioyned.
1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Of Matrimony”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio xiii, recto[…]this fellow wil but ioyne you together, as they ioyne Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a ſhrunke pannell[…]
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 198, column 2 - obsoleterareTo enjoin upon; to command.
And they ioyne them penaunce / as they call it / to faſt / to goo pylgremages ⁊ geve ſo moch to make ſatiſfaccion with all.
1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “Anoylynge”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio Cxj, recto - To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
to join encounter, battle, or issue
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Then when our powers in points of ſwords are ioin’d And cloſde in compaſſe of the killing bullet, […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iOn the rough edge of battel ere it joyn'd.
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLCBefore joining battle, the officers and warriors gathered to make divinations "before the spirits of the former rulers," as at the battle of Yen-ling between Chin and Ch'u in 575 b.c.
1965, Cho-yun Hsu, Ancient China in Transition: An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722–222 b.c., Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 19
nounjoin (plural joins)
plural joins · alternative obsolete joyn · alternative obsolete joyne · alternative obsolete joyen
- An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
We found 217 putative interchromosomal joins. Only one of these joins (in the paternal assembly of HG02080) was located in a euchromatic, non-acrocentric region and was manually confirmed to be a misassembly.
2023 May 11, Wen-Wei Liao, Mobin Asri, Jana Ebler, et al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI, page 313 - An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
- computingAn intersection of data in two or more database tables.
- computingThe act of joining something, such as a network.
The offline domain join is a three-step process described subsequently: […]
2010, Dustin Hannifin, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administrator's Reference - algebraic geometryThe smallest linear space containing both of two given linear spaces.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo connect or combine into one; to put together.
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nounThe lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.
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ANSI joinantijoinautojoincross joinequijoinexplicit joinfull joinhash joinimplicit joininner joinleft joinnatural joinouter joinright joinself joinsemijoinstraight jointheta join
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nounthe shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
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verbbecome part of; become a member of a group or organization
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*yewg-“to join, unite”
- Latiniungō“join, yoke”
- Old Frenchjoindre
- Middle Englishjoinen
- Englishjoin
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek συνάπτω, ἁρμόζω
- συνάπτω (sunáptō)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- ἁρμόζω (harmózō)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- συμμείγνυμι (summeígnumi)to come into the company of
- προσχωρέω (proskhōréō)to become a member of
Arabic وَصَلَ, اِتَّصَلَ
- وَصَلَ (waṣala)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- اِتَّصَلَ (ittaṣala)to come together; to meet
- اِلْتَحَقَ بِـ (iltaḥaqa bi-)to become a member of
- اِنْضَمَّ إِلَى (inḍamma ʔilā)to become a member of
Bulgarian обединя́вам, обединя́
- обединя́вам (obedinjávam)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- обединя́ (obedinjá)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- съединя́вам (săedinjávam)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- съединя́ (săedinjá)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- свъ́рзвам се (svắrzvam se)to come together; to meet
- свъ́ржа се (svắrža se)to come together; to meet
- съединя́вам се (săedinjávam se)to come together; to meet
- съединя́ се (săedinjá se)to come together; to meet
- присъединя́вам се (prisăedinjávam se)to come into the company of
- присъединя́ се (prisăedinjá se)to come into the company of
- ста́вам член (stávam člen)to become a member of
- съедине́ние (săedinénie)an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Catalan ajuntar, unir-se
- ajuntarto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- unir-seto come into the company of
- afegir-seto come into the company of
- agregar-seto come into the company of
- unir-seto become a member of
- ingressarto become a member of
- unióan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Chinese Mandarin 連接 /连接, 參加 /参加
- 連接 /连接 (liánjiē)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- 參加 /参加 (cānjiā)to come into the company of
- 加入 (jiārù)to come into the company of
- 加盟 (jiāméng)to become a member of
- 加入 (jiārù)to become a member of
- 連接 /连接 (liánjiē)an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Czech spojovat, spojit
- spojovatto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- spojitto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- spojovat seto come together; to meet
- spojit seto come together; to meet
- vstupovatto become a member of
- vstoupitto become a member of
- připojovat seto become a member of
- připojit seto become a member of
- stát se členemto become a member of
Dutch samenvoegen, verenigen
- samenvoegento combine more than one item into one; to put together
- verenigento combine more than one item into one; to put together
- samenkomento come together; to meet
- vervoegento come into the company of
- lid worden vanto become a member of
- toetredento become a member of
- verbindingan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Esperanto aliĝi, aligi
- aliĝito combine more than one item into one; to put together
- aligito combine more than one item into one; to put together
- kuniĝito combine more than one item into one; to put together
- kunigito combine more than one item into one; to put together
- aliĝito become a member of
- aniĝito become a member of
Finnish liittää, kohdata
- liittääto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- kohdatato come together; to meet
- liittyäto come into the company of
- liittyäto become a member of
- yhdean intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- liitosan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- yhteysan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- liitosan intersection of data
French joindre, se joindre
- joindreto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- se joindreto come into the company of
- se joindreto become a member of
- jointurean intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- jointurean intersection of data
German verknüpfen, vereinigen
- verknüpfento combine more than one item into one; to put together
- vereinigento combine more than one item into one; to put together
- anschließento combine more than one item into one; to put together
- verbindento combine more than one item into one; to put together
- zusammenkommento come together; to meet
- sich treffento come together; to meet
- sich anschließento come into the company of
- beitretento become a member of
- Verbindungan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Greek συνένωση
- συνένωση (synénosi)an intersection of data
Hebrew הִצְטָרֵף
- הִצְטָרֵף (hitstaréf)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
Hindi जोड़ना, जुड़ना
- जोड़ना (joḍnā)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- जुड़ना (juṛnā)to come together; to meet
Hungarian összekapcsol, összeköt
- összekapcsolto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- összekötto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- beletorkollikto come together; to meet
- találkozikto come together; to meet
- csatlakozikto come into the company of
- belépto become a member of
- kötésan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- csatlakozásan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- toldásan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Icelandic sameina
- sameinato combine more than one item into one; to put together
Indonesian sambung
- sambungto combine more than one item into one; to put together
Italian unire, giuntare
- unireto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- giuntareto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- incontrareto come together; to meet
- aggregarsito come into the company of
- entrare a fare parte dito come into the company of
- aderireto become a member of
- entrare a far parteto become a member of
- partecipareto become a member of
- giunturaan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- giunzionean intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Japanese 繋げる, 接続する
- 繋げる (tsunageru)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- 接続する (setsuzoku suru)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- 結合する (ketsugō suru)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- 繋がる (tsunagaru)to come together; to meet
- 接続する (setsuzoku suru)to come together; to meet
- 合流する (gōryū suru)to come together; to meet
- 加わる (kuwawaru)to come into the company of
- 同伴する (dōhan suru)to come into the company of
- 合流する (gōryū suru)to come into the company of
- 加入する (kanyū suru)to come into the company of
- 加わる (kuwawaru)to become a member of
- 参加する (sanka suru)to become a member of
- 接続 (setsuzoku)an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- 結合 (ketsugō)an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Korean 가입하다, 합류하다
- 가입하다 (gaiphada)to come into the company of
- 합류하다 (hamnyuhada)to become a member of
- 참가하다 (chamgahada)to become a member of
- 가맹하다 (gamaenghada)to become a member of
- 가입하다 (gaiphada)to become a member of
- 접속 (jeopsok)an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- 결합 (gyeolhap)an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Latin iungō, coniungō
- iungōto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- coniungōto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- cōnectōto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- participōto become a member of
Latvian savienot, saistīt
- savienotto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- saistītto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- apvienotto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- apvienotiesto come together; to meet
- vienotiesto come together; to meet
- savienotiesto come together; to meet
- pievienotiesto come into the company of
- iestātiesto become a member of
Lithuanian jungti, sujungti
- jungtito combine more than one item into one; to put together
- sujungtito combine more than one item into one; to put together
- prisijungtito come into the company of
- prisidėtito come into the company of
- įstotito become a member of
Māori hoto, tūhono
- hototo combine more than one item into one; to put together
- tūhonoto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- tūhototo combine more than one item into one; to put together
- kuhuto come into the company of
- whakatapokoto come into the company of
- whakatapokoto become a member of
- harapakito engage or join in battle
Norwegian Bokmål sammenstille
- sammenstilleto combine more than one item into one; to put together
Persian پیوستن, پیوستن
- پیوستن (peyvastan)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- پیوستن (peyvastan)to come together; to meet
- پیوستن (peyvastan)to come into the company of
- پیوستن (peyvastan)to become a member of
Polish łączyć, połączyć
- łączyćto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- połączyćto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- łączyć sięto come together; to meet
- połączyć sięto come together; to meet
- dołączać sięto come into the company of
- dołączyć sięto come into the company of
- przyłączać sięto come into the company of
- przyłączyć sięto come into the company of
- wstępowaćto become a member of
- wstąpićto become a member of
- przystępowaćto become a member of
- przystąpićto become a member of
Portuguese juntar, unir
- juntarto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- unirto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- juntar-seto come together; to meet
- juntar-se ato come into the company of
- juntar-se ato become a member of
- entrar emto become a member of
- conexãoan intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- junçãoan intersection of data
Romanian alătura, împreuna
- alăturato combine more than one item into one; to put together
- împreunato combine more than one item into one; to put together
- unito combine more than one item into one; to put together
Russian соединя́ть, соедини́ть
- соединя́ть (sojedinjátʹ)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- соедини́ть (sojedinítʹ)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- скреплять (skrepljatʹ)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- скрепить (skrepitʹ)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- объединя́ть (obʺjedinjátʹ)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- объедини́ть pf efforts (obʺjedinítʹ)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- соединя́ться (sojedinjátʹsja)to come together; to meet
- соедини́ться (sojedinítʹsja)to come together; to meet
- объединя́ться (obʺjedinjátʹsja)to come together; to meet
- объедини́ться (obʺjedinítʹsja)to come together; to meet
- присоединя́ться (prisojedinjátʹsja)to come into the company of
- присоедини́ться (prisojedinítʹsja)to come into the company of
- соедине́ние (sojedinénije)an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
- стык (styk)an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Slovak spájať, spojiť
- spájaťto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- spojiťto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- spojovaťto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- spojovať sato come together; to meet
- spájať sato come together; to meet
- spojiť sato come together; to meet
- pripájať sato become a member of
- pripojiť sato become a member of
Spanish juntar, yuntar
- juntarto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- yuntarto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- unirto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- uñirto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- aunarto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- empalmarto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- empalmarto come together; to meet
- entroncarto come together; to meet
- juntarseto come into the company of
- unirse (a)to come into the company of
- aunarseto become a member of
- coligarseto become a member of
Swedish sammanfoga, foga samman
- sammanfogato combine more than one item into one; to put together
- foga sammanto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- slå sammanto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- föra sammanto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- mötasto come together; to meet
- förenasto come together; to meet
- följa medto come into the company of
- komma medto come into the company of
- hänga medto come into the company of
- göra sällskapto come into the company of
- gå med (i)to become a member of
Turkish birleştirmek, birleşmek
- birleştirmekto combine more than one item into one; to put together
- birleşmekto come together; to meet
- çakışmakto come together; to meet
- kesişmekto come together; to meet
- bir araya gelmekto come together; to meet
- katılmakto come into the company of
- üye olmakto become a member of
- katılmakto become a member of
Ukrainian з'є́днувати, з'єдна́ти
- з'є́днувати (zʺjédnuvaty)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- з'єдна́ти (zʺjednáty)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- об'є́днувати (obʺjédnuvaty)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- об'єдна́ти (obʺjednáty)to combine more than one item into one; to put together
- з'є́днуватися (zʺjédnuvatysja)to come together; to meet
- з'єдна́тися (zʺjednátysja)to come together; to meet
- об'є́днуватися (obʺjédnuvatysja)to come together; to meet
- об'єдна́тися (obʺjednátysja)to come together; to meet
- приє́днуватися (pryjédnuvatysja)to come into the company of
- приєдна́тися (pryjednátysja)to come into the company of
- вступа́ти (vstupáty)to become a member of
- вступи́ти (vstupýty)to become a member of
- з'є́днання (zʺjédnannja)an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
Welsh ymuno
- ymunoto combine more than one item into one; to put together
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with join
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