Definitions of JOIN [ʒɔɪn]

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Definition of 'JOIN'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) join
to bring or put together or in contact; connect:
to join hands.

2.  join
to come into contact or union with:
The brook joins the river.

3.  join
to bring together in a particular relation or for a specific purpose; unite:
to join forces.

4.  join
to become a member of:
to join a club.

5.  join
to enlist in:
to join the Navy.

6.  join
to meet or accompany:
I'll join you later.

7.  join
to participate with in some activity.

8.  join
to unite in marriage.

9.  join
to meet or engage in (battle or conflict).

10.  join
to adjoin; meet.

11.  join
to draw a curve or straight line between:
to join two points on a graph.

12. (v.i.) join
to come into or be in contact or connection.

13.  join
to become united, associated, or allied (usu. fol. by with):
Join with us in our campaign.

14.  join
to take part with others (often fol. by in).

15.  join
to be contiguous or close; adjoin.

16.  join
to enlist in one of the armed forces (often fol. by up).

17.  join
to meet in battle or conflict.

18. (n.) join
a joining.

19.  join
a place or line of joining; seam.

20.  join
Math.

Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF joign-, tonic s. of joindre to join < L jungere to yoke , join)

Definition of 'JOIN'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

2. (verb) union, sum, join
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"

3. (verb) join, fall in, get together
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
"He joined the Communist Party as a young man"

4. (verb) join, bring together
cause to become joined or linked
"join these two parts so that they fit together"

5. (verb) join
come into the company of
"She joined him for a drink"

6. (verb) join, conjoin
make contact or come together
"The two roads join here"

7. (verb) connect, link, link up, join, unite
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"

Definition of 'JOIN'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) join
to become a member of an organization or group, or to begin working somewhere
to join a club/union/movement etc.; when I joined the army in 2002; to join the online community; groups that only men could join

2.  join
to connect two things, or become connected
He joined the edges together with glue.; a method for joining aluminum to steel

3.  join
to come to the same place to do sth together
Two other people will be joining us later.; The tanks were joined by artillery and more soldiers.

4.  join
join the club
indicates you have had the same bad experience as sb you are talking to
"I could never afford to do that!" "Yeah, join the club!"

5.  join
join forces (with)
to come together to work toward a goal
The high school and middle school joined forces for the project.

6.  join
join hands
to hold sb's hand in yours
They all joined hands and sang.

Definition of 'JOIN'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) JOIN
the line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines

2. (verb) JOIN
to bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append

3. (verb) JOIN
to associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church

4. (verb) JOIN
to unite in marriage

5. (verb) JOIN
to enjoin upon; to command

6. (verb) JOIN
to accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue

7. (verb) JOIN
to be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join

Translation of 'JOIN'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (often withup, ~onetc) to put together or connect The electrician joined the wires (up) wrongly; You must join this piece (on) to that piece; He joined the two stories together to make a play; The island is joined to the mainland by a sandbank at low tide.
Afrikaans: voeg, verbind, koppel, ve	Arabic: يَصِلُ الأسْلاك	Bulgarian: свързвам
Brazilian: juntar	Czech: spojit	German: verbinden
Danish: forbinde	Greek: ενώνω	Spanish: juntar, unir
Estonian: ühendama	Farsi: وصل کردن؛ متصل شدن	Finnish: kytkeä
French: joindre, raccorder	Hebrew: לְחַבֵּר	Hindi: संयुक्त करना
Croatian: spojiti	Hungarian: (össze)kapcsol	Indonesian: menggabungkan
Icelandic: tengja	Italian: unire, collegare	Japanese: つなぐ
Korean: 결합하다	Lithuanian: sujungti, prijungti	Latvian: savienot; saistīt
Malay: bercantum	Dutch: verbinden	Norwegian: knytte/skjøte sammen, for
Polish: połączyć	Persian: وصل کردن؛ متصل شدن	Pashto: نښلول يامښلول، يوځاى كول،
Portuguese: juntar	Romanian: a uni (cu); aîmbina (cu)	Russian: соединять(ся)
Slovak: spojiť	Slovenian: spojiti	Serbian: povezati
Swedish: koppla (sätta, foga) ihop	Thai: เชื่อม; ติด; ต่อ	Turkish: birleştirmek, bitiştirmek
Taiwanese: 合併，連接	Ukrainian: з'єднувати(ся), об'єднува	Urdu: ملانا، متحد کرنا
Vietnamese: nối; ghép	Chinese: 连接
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