join

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
2. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
3. (intransitive) To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
4. (transitive) To come into the company of.
5. (transitive) To become a member of.
6. (transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
7. To unite in marriage.
8. (obsolete, rare) 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 ∨.

Opposite of

meet

Synonyms

unite

connect

link

🔗

combine

attach

associate

tie

merge

enter

put together

participate

bind

meet

fasten

mix

joint

bring together

couple

👫

become a member

add

unify

union

splice

assemble

enroll

junction

conjoin

connection

stick

incorporate

fix

join together

bond

pool

link up

integrate

affix

append

annex

tie up

graft

take part in

weld

associate with

enlist

contact

match

connected

affiliate

fuse

Translations

verbinden

joindre

juntar

unir

unir

verbinden

unire

juntar

vereinigen

attacher

birleştirmek

aggiungere

unirsi

aansluiten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: joinen

Cognate with Old English: iucian

In summary

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.