English Online Dictionary. What means join? What does join mean?
English
Alternative forms
- joyn, joyne, joyen (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.
Pronunciation
- enPR: join, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪn
- Hyphenation: join
Verb
join (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past and past participle joined)
- (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
- (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
- (intransitive) To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
- (transitive) To come into the company of.
- (transitive) To become a member of.
- (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
- To unite in marriage.
- (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
- To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to combine more than one item into one): bewed, connect, fay, unite; see also Thesaurus:join
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
join (plural joins)
- An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
- An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
- (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
- (computing) The act of joining something, such as a network.
- (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.
- Antonym: meet
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Nijo
Chinese
Etymology
From English join.
Pronunciation
Verb
join (Hong Kong Cantonese)
- to join; to become member of
- to join; to meet up
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
- yoin, ioin
Etymology
From Latin ūnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /join/
Numeral
join (plural joina)
- one
Finnish
Etymology 1
Verb
join
- first-person singular indicative past of juoda
Etymology 2
Noun
join
- instructive plural of joki
Anagrams
- Joni, ojin