join

Signification

Verb

1. To connect or combine into one; to put together.
2. To come together; to meet.
3. To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
4. To come into the company of.
5. To become a member of.
6. To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
7. To unite in marriage.
8. (obsolete) To enjoin upon; to command.
9. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

Noun

1. An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
2. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
3. An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
4. The act of joining something, such as a network.
5. The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/

Étymologie

From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.