Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To put or bring together so as to make continuous or form a unit.
- intransitive verb To put or bring into close association or relationship.
- intransitive verb To connect (points), as with a straight line.
- intransitive verb To meet and merge with.
- intransitive verb To become a part or member of.
- intransitive verb To come into the company of.
- intransitive verb To participate with in an act or activity.
- intransitive verb To adjoin.
- intransitive verb To engage in; enter into.
- intransitive verb To come together so as to form a connection.
- intransitive verb To act together; form an alliance.
- intransitive verb To become a member of a group.
- intransitive verb To take part; participate.
- noun A joint; a junction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The place where two things are joined; the line or surface of juncture; a joint; also, the mode of joining.
- To draw, as the sect of which A and B are the end points.
- noun In geometry, the straight determined by two points.
- noun An abbreviation of
joinery . - To put or bring together; bring into conjunction, or into association or harmony; unite; combine; associate: as, to
join two planks by tenons; to join forces in an undertaking. - To unite, as one thing to or with another; bring into conjunction or association; cause to be united or connected in any way: followed by to or with.
- To unite or form a junction with; become connected with or a part of; come into association or union with: as, to
join a church, party, or society; the Missouri river joins the Mississippi; to join one in an enterprise. - To unite or take part in, in a friendly or hostile manner; engage in with another or others: as, he joined issue with his opponent; the forces joined battle.
- To adjoin; be adjacent or contiguous to: as, his land joins mine.
- To enjoin; command.
- To be contiguous or close; lie or come together; form a junction.
- To unite or become associated; confederate; league.
- To meet in hostile encounter; join battle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union
- noun (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.
- noun The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam.
- noun (Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system.
- transitive verb To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
- transitive verb To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with
- transitive verb To unite in marriage.
- transitive verb Obs. & R. To enjoin upon; to command.
- transitive verb To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
- transitive verb To meet with and accompany.
- transitive verb To combine with (another person) in performing some activity.
- transitive verb See under
Battle ,Issue .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
combine more than one item into one; to put together. - verb To come together; to meet.
- verb To come into the
company of. - verb To become a member of.
- verb computing, databases, transitive To produce an
intersection ofdata in two or moredatabase tables . - noun An intersection of piping or wiring; an
interconnect . - noun computing, databases An
intersection ofdata in two or moredatabase tables . - noun algebra The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a
lattice , denoted by the symbol∨ .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be or become joined or united or linked
- verb make contact or come together
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel).
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