'Join' definitions:
Definition of 'join'
(from WordNet)
noun
The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction]
noun
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" [syn: union, sum, join]
verb
Become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" [syn: join, fall in, get together]
verb
Cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" [syn: join, bring together] [ant: disjoin, disjoint]
verb
Come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink"
verb
Make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" [syn: join, conjoin] [ant: disjoin, disjoint]
verb
Definition of 'Join'
From: GCIDE
- Join \Join\ (join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Joined (joind); p. pr. & vb. n. Joining.] [OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and cf. Conjugal, Junction, Junta.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append. [1913 Webster]
- Woe unto them that join house to house. --Is. v. 8. [1913 Webster]
- Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- We jointly now to join no other head. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To unite in marriage. [1913 Webster]
- He that joineth his virgin in matrimony. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
- What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. --Matt. xix. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. & R.] [1913 Webster]
- They join them penance, as they call it. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant. [PJC]
- 7. To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president. [PJC]
- To join battle, To join issue. See under Battle, Issue.
- Syn: To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Join'
From: GCIDE
- Join \Join\, v. i. To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the bones of the skull join; two rivers join. [1913 Webster]
- Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. --Acts xviii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? --Ezra ix. 14. [1913 Webster]
- Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Join'
From: GCIDE
- Join \Join\, n.
- 1. (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. --Henrici. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam. [PJC]
- 3. (Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'join'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abut,
- abut on,
- accompany,
- accord,
- accouple,
- accumulate,
- act in concert,
- act together,
- act with,
- add,
- adhere,
- adjoin,
- affiliate,
- affiliate with,
- affix,
- agglomerate,
- agglutinate,
- aggregate,
- aggroup,
- agree,
- align with,
- ally,
- amalgamate,
- amass,
- annex,
- append,
- appose,
- arrange a match,
- articulate,
- assemble,
- assimilate,
- associate,
- associate with,
- assort with,
- attach,
- band,
- band together,
- batch,
- be coextensive with,
- be consistent,
- be contiguous,
- be continuous,
- be enfranchised,
- be implicated in,
- be in cahoots,
- be in contact,
- be in league,
- bear a hand,
- bind,
- blend,
- bond,
- border,
- border on,
- bracket,
- bridge,
- bridge over,
- bring near,
- bring together,
- build,
- build up,
- bulk,
- bunch,
- bunch together,
- bunch up,
- burden,
- butt,
- cabal,
- call up,
- catenate,
- cement,
- cement a union,
- centralize,
- chain,
- chip in,
- chum,
- chum together,
- chum with,
- clap together,
- clinch,
- clique,
- clique with,
- club,
- club together,
- clump,
- cluster,
- coact,
- coadunate,
- coalesce,
- cohere,
- coincide,
- collaborate,
- collect,
- colligate,
- collocate,
- collude,
- combine,
- come into,
- come together,
- commandeer,
- communicate,
- compare,
- compile,
- complicate,
- compose,
- compound,
- comprise,
- concatenate,
- concert,
- concord,
- concrete,
- concur,
- confederate,
- conglobulate,
- conglomerate,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- connect,
- connect up,
- connect with,
- connive,
- conscript,
- consist of,
- consociate,
- consolidate,
- consort with,
- conspire,
- constitute,
- construct,
- continuate,
- continue,
- contribute,
- converge,
- cooperate,
- copulate,
- corral,
- correspond,
- couple,
- cover,
- creep in,
- cumulate,
- decorate,
- detach,
- detach for service,
- dig up,
- do business with,
- draft,
- draw together,
- dredge up,
- drive together,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encompass,
- encumber,
- enlist,
- enroll,
- enter,
- enter into,
- extend to,
- fabricate,
- fasten,
- federalize,
- federate,
- fellowship,
- flock to,
- flock together,
- flux,
- follow,
- form,
- form a series,
- fraternize,
- fuse,
- gang,
- gang up,
- gather,
- gather in,
- gather together,
- get heads together,
- get in,
- get into,
- get together,
- get together with,
- give away,
- glue,
- glue on,
- go along with,
- go in partners,
- go in partnership,
- go in with,
- go into,
- go partners,
- go with,
- group,
- grow together,
- hang around with,
- hang out with,
- hang together,
- happen together,
- harmonize,
- have suffrage,
- help decide,
- herd together,
- hitch,
- hitch on,
- hobnob with,
- hold together,
- hook up,
- hook up with,
- identify,
- impress,
- include,
- incorporate,
- induct,
- infix,
- integrate,
- interblend,
- intercommunicate,
- interfuse,
- join forces,
- join fortunes with,
- join hands with,
- join in,
- join in fellowship,
- join together,
- join up,
- join up with,
- join with,
- juxtapose,
- juxtaposit,
- keep company with,
- keep together,
- knit,
- knot,
- lay together,
- league,
- league together,
- league with,
- levy,
- lie by,
- line,
- line up with,
- link,
- link up,
- list,
- lump together,
- maintain continuity,
- make,
- make a match,
- make common cause,
- make one,
- make the scene,
- make up,
- march,
- marry,
- marshal,
- mass,
- match,
- meet,
- meld,
- melt into one,
- merge,
- merge in,
- mingle with,
- mix,
- mix with,
- mobilize,
- muster,
- muster in,
- neighbor,
- nuptial,
- one,
- organize,
- ornament,
- pair,
- pair off,
- pal,
- pal up with,
- pal with,
- partake,
- partake of,
- participate,
- participate in,
- partner,
- paste on,
- piece together,
- play ball,
- plus,
- postfix,
- prefix,
- press,
- pull an oar,
- pull together,
- put heads together,
- put together,
- put with,
- raise,
- rake up,
- rally,
- rally round,
- range with,
- reciprocate,
- recruit,
- reembody,
- relate,
- roll into one,
- round up,
- run in couples,
- run on,
- run with,
- saddle with,
- scrape together,
- shade into,
- side with,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- sit in,
- sit in on,
- slap on,
- sneak in,
- solder,
- solidify,
- sort with,
- span,
- splice,
- stand by,
- stand in with,
- stand together,
- stand up with,
- stick together,
- strike in with,
- string,
- string along with,
- string together,
- structure,
- subjoin,
- suffix,
- summon,
- superadd,
- superpose,
- swing in with,
- synchronize,
- syncretize,
- syndicate,
- synergize,
- synthesize,
- tack on,
- tag,
- tag on,
- take in,
- take out membership,
- take part in,
- take part with,
- take sides with,
- take up,
- take up membership,
- take up with,
- tape,
- team up,
- team up with,
- team with,
- thread,
- throw in together,
- throw in with,
- tie,
- tie in,
- tie in with,
- tie up,
- tie up with,
- touch,
- unify,
- unionize,
- unite,
- unite efforts,
- unite in,
- unite in marriage,
- unite with,
- verge,
- verge on,
- verge upon,
- vote,
- weave,
- wed,
- weld,
- whip in,
- work together,
- yoke