joinverb
uk/dʒɔɪn/us/dʒɔɪn/join verb (CONNECT)
B1 [ T ] to connect or fasten things together:
A long suspension bridge joins the two islands.
Join the two pieces together using strong glue.
The island is joined to the mainland by a road bridge.
If you join (up) the dots on the paper, you'll get a picture.
B1 [ I or T ] If roads or rivers join, they meet at a particular point:
The A11 joins the M11 south of Cambridge.
The River Murray and the River Darling join east of Adelaide.
More examples
- The two pieces of cloth are joined with Velcro.
- The babies were joined at the head.
- The two buildings are joined by a covered bridge.
- The river joins the sea further south.
- Turn left where the path joins a larger track.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Connecting and combining
- abut
- adjoin
- aggregate
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- bind
- desegregate
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fuse
- fusion
- hitch
- linkage
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
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join verb (DO TOGETHER)
A2 [ I or T ] to get involved in an activity or journey with another person or group:
I don't have time for a drink now, but I'll join you later.
Why don't you ask your sister if she would like to join us for supper?
We took the ferry across the Channel and then joined (= got on) the Paris train at Calais.
If you're buying tickets, please join the queue (= stand at the end of it).
I'm sure everyone will join me in wishing you a very happy retirement (= everyone else will do this too).
The police have joined with (= they have begun to work with) the Drug Enforcement Agency in trying to catch major drug traffickers.
The design company is planning to join up with a shoe manufacturer and create a new line of footwear.
More examples
- If you want tickets you'll have to join the queue.
- Would you like to join us for dinner tonight?
- "Do you want to join me on a ten-mile run?" "Not likely !"
- "Come in and join the festivities - what will you have to drink?"
- I hope they won't think I'm anti-social if I don't join them in the bar.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Creating alliances
- align
- align yourself with sth/sb
- alliance
- ally
- ally yourself to/with sb
- associate
- associate with sb
- attach
- attach yourself to sb/sth
- cosiness
- force
- go
- go in on sth
- hobnob
- integrate
- network
- pair
- pair sb off
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join verb (BECOME A MEMBER)
A2 [ I or T ] to become a member of an organization:
I felt so unfit after Christmas that I decided to join a gym.
It's a great club. Why don't you join?
join the ranks
to become one of a particular large group of people:
When I leave school at the end of this month, I'll probably have to join the ranks of the unemployed.
More examples
- They tempted him to join the company by offering him a large salary and a company car.
- We had to pay a stiff membership fee to join the health club.
- He joined the air force in 1964 and spent ten years in the service.
- I've just joined the local golf/squash/tennis club.
- We were surprised when he announced he wanted to join the clergy .
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Organizations - joining & leaving
- affiliation
- assimilation
- band
- band together
- be on the books idiom
- belong
- blackball
- book
- enrol
- enter
- entry
- entrée
- initiation ceremony
- joiner
- receive
- sign
- sign up
- sit
- vote
- vote with your feet idiom
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Idiom(s)
be joined in marriage/matrimony
join battle
join duty
join hands
join the club!
Phrasal verb(s)
join in (sth)
join up
joinnoun [ C ]
uk/dʒɔɪn/us/dʒɔɪn/a place where two things meet or are fastened together:
She'd stitched the two pieces together really carefully so that you couldn't see the join.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Connecting and combining
- abut
- adjoin
- aggregate
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- bind
- desegregate
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fuse
- fusion
- hitch
- linkage
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
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