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J0056800 (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: where the garage joins the house.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.

[Middle English joinen, from Old French joindre, joign-, join-, from Latin iungere; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: join, combine, unite, link¹, connect
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 groups joined together to support the bill. "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. The schools combined to make more efficient use of resources. 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 the individual components remain distinct: The study linked the high crime rate to unemployment. The reporter connected the police chief to the scandal.

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(dʒɔɪn) vb1. to come or bring together; connect2. to become a member of (a club, organization, etc)3. (often foll by: with) to become associated or allied4. (usually foll by: in) to take part5. (tr) to meet (someone) as a companion6. (tr) to become part of; take a place in or with7. (tr) to unite (two people) in marriage8. (Mathematics) (tr) geometry to connect with a straight line or a curve9. (tr) an informal word for adjoin10. join battle to start fighting11. join duty Indian to report for work after a period of leave or a strike12. join hands a. to hold one's own hands togetherb. (of two people) to hold each other's handsc. (usually foll by with) to work together in an enterprise or taskn13. a joint; seam14. the act of joining15. (Mathematics) maths another name for union⁹[C13: from Old French joindre from Latin jungere to yoke] ˈjoinable adj

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v.t. 1. to bring or put together or in contact; connect: to join hands. 2. to come into contact or union with: The brook joins the river. 3. to bring together in a particular relation or for a specific purpose; unite: to join forces. 4. to become a member of: to join a club. 5. to enlist in: to join the Navy. 6. to meet or accompany: I'll join you later. 7. to participate with in some activity. 8. to unite in marriage. 9. to meet or engage in (battle or conflict). 10. to adjoin; meet. 11. to draw a curve or straight line between: to join two points on a graph. v.i. 12. to come into or be in contact or connection. 13. to become united, associated, or allied (usu. fol. by with): Join with us in our campaign. 14. to take part with others (often fol. by in). 15. to be contiguous or close; adjoin. 16. to enlist in one of the armed forces (often fol. by up). 17. to meet in battle or conflict. n. 18. a joining. 19. a place or line of joining; seam. 20. Math. union (def. 10a). [1250–1300; < Old French joign-, tonic s. of joindre to join < Latin jungere to yoke, join] join′a•ble, adj. syn: join, connect, unite imply bringing two or more things together more or less closely. join may refer to a connection or association of any degree of closeness, but often implies direct contact: to join pieces of wood to form a corner. connect implies a joining as by a tie, link, or wire: to connect two batteries. unite implies a close joining of two or more things, so as to form one: to unite layers of veneer sheets to form plywood.

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Past participle: joined
Gerund: joining

Imperative
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Present
I join
you join
he/she/it joins
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Preterite
I joined
you joined
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we joined
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Present Continuous
I am joining
you are joining
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we are joining
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Present Perfect
I have joined
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Past Continuous
I was joining
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he/she/it was joining
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Past Perfect
I had joined
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Future
I will join
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Future Perfect
I will have joined
you will have joined
he/she/it will have joined
we will have joined
you will have joined
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Future Continuous
I will be joining
you will be joining
he/she/it will be joining
we will be joining
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been joining
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we have been joining
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been joining
you will have been joining
he/she/it will have been joining
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been joining
you had been joining
he/she/it had been joining
we had been joining
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Conditional
I would join
you would join
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we would join
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Past Conditional
I would have joined
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	join - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is madearticulation, joint, junction, junctureesophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epitheliumconnexion, 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, unionset - 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 togethersign 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 groupunionise, 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 againinfiltrate, 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 togetherancylose, ankylose - produce ankylosis by surgeryconnect - 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 jointply - 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 marriagemortice, mortise - join by a tenon and mortisecog - join pieces of wood with cogsfair - join so that the external surfaces blend smoothlyscarf - unite by a scarf jointrebate - join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"rabbet - join with a rabbet jointseam - 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 writingassemble, 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 countrydisjoin, 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"conjoinfeather - join tongue and groove, in carpentryattach - 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 togetherengraft, 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 togetherdisjoin, 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, unitesyndicate - 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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verb1. enrol in, enter, sign up for, become a member of, enlist in He joined the Army five years ago.2. become involved in, associate with, affiliate with, become a part of Telephone operators joined the strike.3. connect, unite, couple, link, marry, tie, combine, attach, knit, cement, adhere, fasten, annex, add, splice, yoke, append The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain.
connect separate, detach, sever, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, unfasten4. meet, touch, border, extend, butt, adjoin, conjoin, reach Allahabad, where the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers join
enrol leave, part, resign, quitjoin in take part, contribute, participate, pitch in Everyone present will join in as she sings.Proverbs
"If you can't beat them, join them"

join

verb1. To be contiguous or next to:abut, adjoin, border, bound, butt, meet, neighbor, touch, verge.2. To bring or come together into a united whole:coalesce, combine, compound, concrete, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, couple, link, marry, meld, unify, unite, wed, yoke.3. To unite or be united in a relationship:affiliate, ally, associate, bind, combine, conjoin, connect, link, relate.4. To become a member of:enlist, enroll, enter, muster in, sign up.Informal: sign on.

Translations

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join

(dʒoin) verb1. (often with up, ~on etc) to put together or connect. The electrician joined the wires (up) wrongly; You must join this piece (on) to that piece; He joined the two stories together to make a play; The island is joined to the mainland by a sandbank at low tide.连接2. to connect (two points) eg by a line, as in geometry. Join point A to point B. （几何学）接合 3. to become a member of (a group). Join our club!加入4. (sometimes with up) to meet and come together (with). This lane joins the main road; Do you know where the two rivers join?; They joined up with us for the remainder of the holiday. 交接，相遇 5. to come into the company of. I'll join you later in the restaurant.加入 noun a place where two things are joined. You can hardly see the joins in the material.接连处join forces to come together for united work or action. We would do better if we joined forces (with each other).联合join hands to clasp one another's hands (eg for dancing). Join hands with your partner; They joined hands in a ring.紧握join in to take part (in). We're playing a game – do join in!; He would not join in the game.参加join up to become a member of an armed force. He joined up in 1940.参军

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verb to be contiguous or next to

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verb to bring or come together into a united whole

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verb to unite or be united in a relationship

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noun the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

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noun a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

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