join

join

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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)

  1. (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
  2. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
  3. (intransitive) To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
  4. (transitive) To come into the company of.
  5. (transitive) To become a member of.
  6. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
  7. To unite in marriage.
  8. (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
    • 1527 (originally published, quote is from a later edition), William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
      They join them penance, as they call it.
  9. 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)

  1. An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
  2. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
  3. (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
  4. (computing) The act of joining something, such as a network.
  5. (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

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to join; to become member of

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

  • yoin, ioin

Etymology

From Latin ūnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /join/

Numeral

join (plural joina)

  1. one

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

join

  1. first-person singular indicative past of juoda

Etymology 2

Noun

join

  1. instructive plural of joki

Anagrams

  • Joni, ojin

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