join Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
    juncture; joint; junction; articulation.
  2. noun a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
    union; sum.
    • let C be the union of the sets A and B
  3. verb become part of; become a member of a group or organization
    fall in; get together.
    • He joined the Communist Party as a young man
  4. verb cause to become joined or linked
    bring together.
    • join these two parts so that they fit together
  5. verb come into the company of
    • She joined him for a drink
  6. verb make contact or come together
    conjoin.
    • The two roads join here
  7. verb be or become joined or united or linked
    link; connect; unite; link up.
    • The two streets connect to become a highway
    • Our paths joined
    • The travelers linked up again at the airport

WordNet

Join transitive verb
Etymology
OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and cf. Conjugal, Junction, Junta.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Joined ; present participle & verbal noun Joining
Definitions
  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.
    Woe unto them that join house to house. Is. v. 8.
    Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined. Shak.
    Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. Dryden.
  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.
    We jointly now to join no other head. Dryden.
  3. To unite in marriage.
    He that joineth his virgin in matrimony. Wyclif.
    What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matt. xix. 6.
  4. To enjoin upon; to command. Obs. & R.
    They join them penance, as they call it. Tyndale.
  5. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue. Milton. Syn. -- To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add.
Join intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts xviii. 7.
    Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? Ezra ix. 14.
    Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. Shak.
Join noun
Definitions
  1. (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. Henrici.

Webster 1913