join
joined; joining; joins
To join is to connect, attach, or become a member of. You could join two puzzle pieces together or join the Girl Scouts; it's your choice.
You can join two plastic tubes to make a long tunnel for your pet hamster, and you can also join a club — in other words, become a member or a part of the group. You can also join in with a song or join the staff of a swimming pool as a lifeguard. Join comes from the Old French word joindre, "connect or unite," from the Latin root iungere, "to join together, unite, or yoke."
Definitions of join
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cause to become joined or linked“join these two parts so that they fit together”
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synonyms:
bring together
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ancylose, ankylose
produce ankylosis by surgery
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connect
join for the purpose of communication
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connect
join by means of communication equipment
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miter
fit together in a miter joint
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ply
join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
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close, close up
unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
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anastomose, inosculate
cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis
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couple, match, mate, pair, twin
bring two objects, ideas, or people together
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match
give or join in marriage
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mortice, mortise
join by a tenon and mortise
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cog
join pieces of wood with cogs
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fair
join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
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scarf
unite by a scarf joint
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rebate
join with a rebate
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rabbet
join with a rabbet joint
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seam
put together with a seam
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bridge
make a bridge across
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close
bring together all the elements or parts of
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ligate
join letters in a ligature when writing
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assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
create by putting components or members together
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sovietise, sovietize
bring under Soviet control, of a country
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mismate
provide with an unsuitable mate
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mismatch
match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together
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stitch, suture
join with a suture
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comfit, confect, confection
make into a confection
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confuse, jumble, mix up
assemble without order or sense
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reassemble
assemble once again, after taking something apart
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configure
set up for a particular purpose
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compound
create by mixing or combining
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rig up
erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure
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make contact or come together“The two roads join here”
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synonyms:
conjoin
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feather
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
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attach
become attached
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cross-link
join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein)
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anastomose, inosculate
come together or open into each other
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yoke
become joined or linked together
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engraft, graft, ingraft
cause to grow together parts from different plants
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splice
join together so as to form new genetic combinations
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splice
join the ends of
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patch, piece
to join or unite the pieces of
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solder
join or fuse with solder
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weld
join together by heating
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quilt
stitch or sew together
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entwine, knit
tie or link together
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nick
mate successfully; of livestock
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agglutinate
string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
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implant
become attached to and embedded in the uterus
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fasten
become fixed or fastened
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adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to
stick to firmly
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have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hay
have sexual intercourse with
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tread
mate with
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serve, service
mate with
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spat
become permanently attached
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vamp, vamp up
piece (something old) with a new part
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dip solder
solder by immersion in a bath of molten solder
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soft-solder
repair with soft-solder
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braze
solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point
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spot-weld, spotweld
make circular welds
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butt-weld, buttweld
join by a butt weld
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purl stitch
make with purl stitches
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intertwine, loop
make a loop in
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be or become joined or united or linked“Our paths joined”
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syndicate
join together into a syndicate
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articulate
unite by forming a joint or joints
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complect, interconnect, interlink
be interwoven or interconnected
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intercommunicate
be interconnected, afford passage
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the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
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synonyms:
articulation, joint, junction, juncture
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types:
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esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium
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type of:
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connection, connexion, link
a connecting shape
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esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
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a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
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direct sum
a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets
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set
a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
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direct sum
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come into the company of
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become part of; become a member of a group or organization
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synonyms:
fall in, get together
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sign up
join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes"
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band oneself, league together
attach oneself to a group
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organise, organize, unionise, unionize
form or join a union
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affiliate
join in an affiliation
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rejoin
join again
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infiltrate, penetrate
enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
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unify, unite
act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
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league
unite to form a league
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federalise, federalize, federate
unite on a federal basis or band together as a league
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enlist
join the military
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confederate
form a confederation with; of nations
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ally with
unite formally; of interest groups or countries
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associate, consociate
bring or come into association or action
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band together, confederate
form a group or unite
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reunify, reunite
unify again, as of a country
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conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed
take in marriage
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couple, pair, pair off, partner off
form a pair or pairs
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club
unite with a common purpose
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