join (or take) issue

1. To take an opposite position, or opposite positions, in dispute
2. To enter into dispute
3. To take up a point as basis of dispute

make an issue of

To exaggerate the seriousness of

side issue

A subordinate issue arising from the main business

join /join/

transitive verb

1. To connect
2. To unite
3. To associate
4. To add or annex
5. To become a member of
6. To come into association with or the company of
7. To go to and remain with, in, or on
8. To draw a straight line between (geometry)

intransitive verb

1. To be connected
2. To combine, unite
3. To run into one
4. To grow together
5. To be in, or come into, close contact

noun

1. A joining
2. A place where things have been joined
3. A mode of joining

joinˈable adjective

joindˈer noun (esp law)

Joining, uniting

joinˈer noun

1. A worker in wood, esp one who makes smaller structures than a carpenter
2. Someone who joins or unites
3. Someone who joins many societies

joinˈery noun

1. The art of the joiner
2. A joiner's work

joinˈing noun

1. The act of joining
2. A seam
3. A joint

joint noun

1. A joining
2. The place where, or mode in which, two or more things join
3. A place where two things (esp bones) meet, allowing a hingelike movement
4. A node, or place where a stem bears leaves, esp if swollen
5. A segment
6. A piece of an animal's body as cut up for serving at the table
7. The flexible hinge of cloth or leather connecting the back of a book with its sides
8. A crack intersecting a mass of rock (geology)
9. The place where adjacent surfaces meet
10. The condition of adjustment at a joint, as in the phrase out of joint
11. A disreputable bar or other meeting-place (US sl)
12. A public meeting-place, a place in general (informal)
13. A cigarette containing marijuana (informal)
14. See also the joint below

adjective

1. Joined, united or combined
2. Shared among more than one
3. Done or made by more than one
4. Sharing with another or others

transitive verb

1. To unite by joints
2. To provide with joints or an appearance of joints
3. To fill the joints of with mortar, etc
4. To divide into joints

intransitive verb

To fit closely together

jointˈed adjective

1. Having a joint or joints
2. Composed of segments
3. Constricted at intervals

jointˈer noun

1. A jointer plane
2. A bricklayer's tool for putting mortar in joints
3. A worker employed to make joints

jointˈing noun

jointˈless adjective

jointˈly adverb

1. In a joint manner
2. Unitedly or in combination
3. Together

jointˈness noun

joinedˈ-up adjective

1. (of handwriting) having the letters linked in cursive style
2. (of a person) mature or sophisticated (informal)
3. Coherent and co-ordinated, as in joined-up thinking, joined-up government

joinˈ-hand noun (obsolete)

Cursive handwriting

joint account noun

A bank or building-society account held in the name of two or more people, any of whom can deposit or withdraw money

Joint Chiefs of Staff plural noun

(in the USA) the chief military advisory body to the President

jointed cactus noun

A plant (Opuntia pusilla) of the prickly-pear genus, a serious pest in S Africa

jointer plane or jointing plane noun

The largest kind of plane used by a joiner

Joint European Torus noun see JET

jointˈ-fir noun

Any plant of the family Gnetaceae

joint heir noun

A person who inherits jointly with another or others

jointˈing-rule noun

A long straight-edged rule used by bricklayers

jointˈ-oil noun

Synovia

joint resolution noun (US)

One passed by both Houses of Congress

jointˈ-stock noun

Stock held jointly (jointˈ-stock company one whose capital is split into many units, held by different owners)

jointˈ-stool noun (Shakespeare)

A stool made of parts inserted in each other

joint tenancy noun

joint tenant noun

A person who is owner of land or goods along with others

joint venture noun

A business activity undertaken by two or more companies acting together, sharing costs, risks and profits

jointˈ-worm or jointˈworm noun (US)

A hymenopterous larva that attacks grain-stalks near the first joint

join battle see under battle¹

join in

To (begin to) take part

join issue

1. To begin to dispute
2. To take up the contrary view or side

joint and several liability (law)

The responsibility of any one member of a group for the actions or debts of any or all of the others, and the responsibility of the group as a whole for the actions or debts of any one member

join up

1. To enlist, esp as part of a general movement
2. To unite (with with)

out of joint

1. Dislocated
2. Disordered, awry

put someone's nose out of joint

1. To supplant someone in another's love or confidence
2. To disconcert, rebuff or offend someone

second joint

1. The middle piece of a fly-fishing rod
2. The thigh of a fowl, as opposed to the first joint, the leg or drumstick

the joint (US inf)

Prison

universal joint

A device one part of which is able to move freely in all directions, as in the ball-and-socket joint