Dictionary Definition
join
Noun
1 the shape or manner in which things come
together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, joint, juncture, junction]
2 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"
[syn: union, sum]
Verb
1 become part of; become a member of a group or
organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" [syn:
fall in,
get
together]
2 cause to become joined or linked; "join these
two parts so that they fit together" [syn: bring
together] [ant: disjoin]
3 come into the company of; "She joined him for a
drink"
5 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" [syn: connect, link, link up, unite]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- To combine more than
one item into one; to put together.
- The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe.
- We joined our efforts to get an even better result.
- The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe.
- To come together; to meet.
- Parallel lines never join.
- These two rivers join in about 80 miles.
- Parallel lines never join.
- To come into the company of.
- I will join you watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.
- To become a member of.
- Many children join a sports club.
- Most politicians have joined a party.
- Many children join a sports club.
Translations
to combine more than one item into one; to put
together
- Hungarian: összekapcsol, összeköt
- Italian: unire
- Japanese: つなげる, 接続, 結合
- Russian: соединять , соединить ; скреплять , скрепить ; объединять , объединить efforts
to come together; to meet
- Hungarian: beletorkollik, találkozik
- Italian: incontrare
- Japanese: つながる, 接続; qalifier for a river or road 合流
- Russian: соединяться , соединиться ; объединяться , объединиться
to come into the company of
- Hungarian: csatlakozik
- Italian: aggregarsi
- Japanese: 加わる, 同伴; qualifier figurative 合流
- Russian: присоединяться , присоединиться ;
to become a member of
- Hungarian: belép
- Italian: aderire, entrare a far parte
- Japanese: 加わる, 参加; qualifier figurative 合流
- Russian: вступать , вступить
- ttbc Catalan: afegir, ajuntar
- ttbc CJKV Characters: 聯, 联, 聨
- trreq Chinese
- ttbc Dutch: voegen
- ttbc French: rejoindre
- ttbc German: verbinden (1), sich treffen (2), sich anschließen (3), beitreten (4)
- trreq Hebrew
- trreq Latin
- trreq Old English
- ttbc Polish: dołączyć, zapisać się
- ttbc Portuguese: juntar
- ttbc Slovene: združiti (1,2), pridružiti se (3,4)
- ttbc Spanish: juntar
- trreq Swedish
- trreq Turkish
Noun
- An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
Translations
an intersection of piping or wiring; an
interconnect
- Catalan: unió
- German: Verbindung
- Hungarian: kötés, csatlakozás, toldás
- Japanese: 接続, 結合
- Russian: соединение (soedinenie)
Finnish
Etymology 1
Verb
joinEtymology 2
Noun
joinExtensive Definition
Join may refer to:
- Join (law), to include additional counts or additional defendants on an indictment
- Join (mathematics), a least upper bound in lattice theory
- Join (relational algebra), a type of binary operator
- Join (SQL), a SQL and relational database operation
- Join (topology), an operation combining two topological spaces
- join (Unix), a Unix command
- Join-calculus, a process calculus developed at INRIA for the design of distributed programming languages
See also
- Joiner, a woodworker who makes and installs architectural woodwork
- Joinery (disambiguation)
- Joint (disambiguation)
join in German: Join
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abut,
abut on, accompany,
accord, accouple, accumulate, act in concert,
act together, act with, add,
adhere, adjoin, affiliate, affiliate with,
affix, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, aggroup, agree, align with, ally, amalgamate, amass, annex, append, appose, arrange a match, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, associate with,
assort with, attach,
band, band together,
batch, be coextensive
with, be consistent, be contiguous, be continuous, be enfranchised,
be implicated in, be in cahoots, be in contact, be in league, bear
a hand, bind, blend, bond, border, border on, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bring near,
bring together, build,
build up, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up,
burden, butt, cabal, call up, catenate, cement, cement a union, centralize, chain, chip in, chum, chum together, chum with,
clap together, clinch,
clique, clique with,
club, club together,
clump, cluster, coact, coadunate, coalesce, cohere, coincide, collaborate, collect, colligate, collocate, collude, combine, come into, come
together, commandeer,
communicate,
compare, compile, complicate, compose, compound, comprise, concatenate, concert, concord, concrete, concur, confederate, conglobulate, conglomerate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, connect up, connect
with, connive, conscript, consist of,
consociate, consolidate, consort with,
conspire, constitute, construct, continuate, continue, contribute, converge, cooperate, copulate, corral, correspond, couple, cover, creep in, cumulate, decorate, detach, detach for service, dig
up, do business with, draft, draw together, dredge up,
drive together, embody,
embrace, encompass, encumber, enlist, enroll, enter, enter into, extend to,
fabricate, fasten, federalize, federate, fellowship, flock to, flock
together, flux, follow, form, form a series, fraternize, fuse, gang, gang up, gather, gather in, gather
together, get heads together, get in, get into, get together, get
together with, give away, glue, glue on, go along with, go in
partners, go in partnership, go in with, go into, go partners, go
with, group, grow
together, hang around with, hang out with, hang together, happen
together, harmonize,
have suffrage, help decide, herd together, hitch, hitch on, hobnob with, hold
together, hook up, hook up with, identify, impress, include, incorporate, induct, infix, integrate, interblend, intercommunicate,
interfuse, join
forces, join fortunes with, join hands with, join in, join in
fellowship, join together, join up, join up with, join with,
juxtapose, juxtaposit, keep company
with, keep together, knit,
knot, lay together,
league, league together,
league with, levy, lie by,
line, line up with,
link, link up, list, lump together, maintain
continuity, make, make a
match, make common cause, make one, make the scene, make up,
march, marry, marshal, mass, match, meet, meld, melt into one, merge, merge in, mingle with,
mix, mix with, mobilize, muster, muster in, neighbor, nuptial, one, organize, ornament, pair, pair off, pal, pal up with, pal with, partake, partake of, participate, participate in,
partner, paste on, piece
together, play ball, plus,
postfix, prefix, press, pull an oar, pull together,
put heads together, put together, put with, raise, rake up, rally, rally round, range with,
reciprocate,
recruit, reembody, relate, roll into one, round up,
run in couples, run on, run with, saddle with, scrape together,
shade into, side with, sign on, sign up, sit in, sit in on, slap
on, sneak in, solder,
solidify, sort with,
span, splice, stand by, stand in with,
stand together, stand up with, stick together, strike in with,
string, string along
with, string together, structure, subjoin, suffix, summon, superadd, superpose, swing in with,
synchronize,
syncretize, syndicate, synergize, synthesize, tack on, tag, tag on, take in, take out
membership, take part in, take part with, take sides with, take up,
take up membership, take up with, tape, team up, team up with, team
with, thread, throw in
together, throw in with, tie, tie in, tie in with, tie up,
tie up with, touch,
unify, unionize, unite, unite efforts, unite in,
unite in marriage, unite with, verge, verge on, verge upon,
vote, weave, wed, weld, whip in, work together,
yoke