Join

Quick meaning: Join is a verb meaning (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.

Meaning

(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
2. (intransitive) To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
3. (transitive) To come into the company of.
4. (transitive) To become a member of.
5. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
6. To unite in marriage.
7. (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.

Example Sentences

Parallel lines never join.

These two rivers join in about 80 miles.

[…]Nature and Fortune ioyn’d to make thee great.

The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe.

Word Forms

• joins
• joining
• joined
• joint
• joinest
• joinedst
• joineth

Synonyms for join

Depending on context, synonyms include bewed, connect, fay, unite, accouple, affix.

Antonyms for join

Common opposites include detach, disconnect, disjoin, divide, unfasten, meet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include juncture, connect, link, junction, conjoin, union.

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