English Explanatory Dictionary

join

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To connect or combine into one; to put together.
  2. To come together; to meet.
  3. To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
  4. To come into the company of.
  5. To become a member of.
  6. To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
  7. To unite in marriage.
  8. To enjoin upon; to command.
  9. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
noun
  1. An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
  2. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
  3. An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
  4. The act of joining something, such as a network.
  5. The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.

Pronunciation

join /ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-join.wav en-us-join.ogg

Word forms

join joins joining joined joint no-table-tags glossary joinest joinedst joineth joyn joyne joyen

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.

Synonyms

connect fay unite accouple affix assemble associate attach bind clasp clinch combine conglomerate conglutinate conjoin construct couple entwine fix graft hitch hook inosculate interlink join joint knit knot link marry piece together piecen pinion put together splice wed yoke bewed

Antonyms

detach disconnect disjoin divide unfasten meet

Derived words

cojoin conjoin interjoin joinability joinable joiner join forces join-hand join hands join in joining fee join issue join out join the choir invisible join the club join the dots join the majority join up multijoin rejoin subjoin underjoin unjoin why buy a book when you can join a library why buy a book when you can join the library disjoin full outer join Jacob's join join point join tree left outer join misjoin right outer join self-join
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