» join
Noun (2 meanings)
1. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made.
join is a type of:
- connection, connexion, link (noun) - a connecting shape
types of join:
- esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction (noun) - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium
join is derivationally related to:
Example:
- “let C be the union of the sets A and B”
join is a type of:
- set (noun) - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
types of join:
- direct sum (noun) - a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets
Verb (5 meanings)
1. become part of; become a member of a group or organization.
to join, fall in, get together
Example:
- “He joined the Communist Party as a young man”
ways to join:
- to affiliate (verb) - join in an affiliation
- to band oneself, league together (verb) - attach oneself to a group
- to infiltrate, penetrate (verb) - enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
- to rejoin (verb) - join again
- to sign up (verb) - join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes"
- to unionize, unionise, organize, organise (verb) - form or join a union
- to unite, unify (verb) - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
to join is derivationally related to:
- joiner (noun) - a person who likes to join groups
2. cause to become joined or linked.
to join, bring together
Example:
- “join these two parts so that they fit together”
to join is the opposite of:
to join is a way to:
ways to join:
- to anastomose, inosculate (verb) - cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis
- to ankylose, ancylose (verb) - produce ankylosis by surgery
- to assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together (verb) - create by putting components or members together
- to bridge (verb) - make a bridge across
- to close (verb) - bring together all the elements or parts of
- to close up, close (verb) - unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- to cog (verb) - join pieces of wood with cogs
- to connect (verb) - join for the purpose of communication
- to connect (verb) - join by means of communication equipment
- to fair (verb) - join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
- to ligate (verb) - join letters in a ligature when writing
- to match, mate, couple, pair, twin (verb) - bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- to match (verb) - give or join in marriage
- to miter (verb) - fit together in a miter joint
- to mortice, mortise (verb) - join by a tenon and mortise
- to ply (verb) - join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
- to rabbet (verb) - join with a rabbet joint
- to rebate (verb) - join with a rebate
- to scarf (verb) - unite by a scarf joint
- to seam (verb) - put together with a seam
- to sovietize, sovietise (verb) - bring under Soviet control, of a country
to join is derivationally related to:
- joining, connection, connexion (noun) - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- junction, adjunction (noun) - an act of joining or adjoining things
Cause:
3. come into the company of.
to join
Example:
- “She joined him for a drink”
Example:
- “The two roads join here”
to join is the opposite of:
to join is a way to:
ways to join:
- to anastomose, inosculate (verb) - come together or open into each other
- to attach (verb) - become attached
- to copulate, mate, pair, couple (verb) - engage in sexual intercourse
- to cross-link (verb) - join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein)
- to feather (verb) - join tongue and groove, in carpentry
- to graft, engraft, ingraft (verb) - cause to grow together parts from different plants
- to knit, entwine (verb) - tie or link together
- to patch, piece (verb) - to join or unite the pieces of
- to quilt (verb) - stitch or sew together
- to solder (verb) - join or fuse with solder
- to splice (verb) - join together so as to form new genetic combinations
- to splice (verb) - join the ends of
- to weld (verb) - join together by heating
- to yoke (verb) - become joined or linked together
to join is derivationally related to:
- conjunctive (adjective) - serving or tending to connect
- joining, connection, connexion (noun) - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
Examples:
- “The two streets connect to become a highway”,
- “Our paths joined”,
- “The travelers linked up again at the airport”
ways to join:
- to articulate (verb) - unite by forming a joint or joints
- to complect, interconnect, interlink (verb) - be interwoven or interconnected
- to syndicate (verb) - join together into a syndicate
to join is derivationally related to:
- articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction (noun) - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- connection, link, connectedness (noun) - the state of being connected
- connective (adjective) - connecting or tending to connect
- joining, connection, connexion (noun) - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- linkage (noun) - a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
- union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure (noun) - the act of making or becoming a single unit