join | ||
1. | [ verb ] become part of; become a member of a group or organization | |
Synonyms: | get_together fall_in | |
Examples: | "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" |
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Related terms: | unite rejoin sign_up unionize infiltrate affiliate band_oneself affiliate joiner | |
2. | [ verb ] cause to become joined or linked | |
Synonyms: | bring_together | |
Examples: | "join these two parts so that they fit together" |
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Related terms: | disjoin connect assemble close match close connect connect fair bridge seam cog mortice match sovietize scarf miter rabbet rebate ligate seam anastomose ankylose | |
3. | [ verb ] come into the company of | |
Examples: | "She joined him for a drink" |
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4. | [ verb ] make contact or come together | |
Synonyms: | conjoin | |
Examples: | "The two roads join here" |
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Related terms: | disjoin connect solder copulate meet attach patch knit splice weld feather quilt splice inosculate anastomose graft grow_together grow_tegether yoke cross-link joining | |
5. | [ verb ] be or become joined or united or linked | |
Synonyms: | connect link link_up unite | |
Examples: | "The two streets connect to become a highway" "Our paths joined" "The travelers linked up again at the airport" |
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Related terms: | intercommunicate complect syndicate union articulation linkage | |
6. | [ noun ] the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | |
Synonyms: | joint juncture junction articulation | |
Related terms: | connection esophagogastric_junction connect joint joint | |
7. | [ noun ] a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets | |
Synonyms: | sum union | |
Examples: | "let C be the union of the sets A and B" |
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Related terms: | set direct_sum | |
Similar spelling: |
Jon John Jona Jone Joan Joni Jonah Jonie Jonna Joane Joann Johna Joana Joanie Joanna Joanne Joeann Jonnie Johann Johnie Johnna Johnny Johana Joannie Johanne Johnnie Johanna |