join

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: articulationjointjuncturejunctionunionsumfall inget togetherbring togetherconjoinconnectlink

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is madeSynonyms: articulationjointjuncturejunction
  2. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets“let C be the union of the sets A and B”Synonyms: unionsum

Verb (5)

  1. become part of; become a member of a group or organization“He joined the Communist Party as a young man”Synonyms: fall inget together
  2. cause to become joined or linked“join these two parts so that they fit together”Synonyms: bring together
  3. come into the company of“She joined him for a drink”
  4. make contact or come together“The two roads join here”Synonyms: conjoin
  5. be or become joined or united or linked“The two streets connect to become a highway”“Our paths joined”“The travelers linked up again at the airport”Synonyms: connectlinklink upunite
Advertisement

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Join \Join\ (join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Joined (joind); p. pr. & vb. n. Joining.] [OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and cf. Conjugal, Junction, Junta.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Woe unto them that join house to house.— Is. v. 8.[1913 Webster]
Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Thy tuneful voice with numbers join.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

We jointly now to join no other head.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

3.To unite in marriage. [1913 Webster]

He that joineth his virgin in matrimony.— Wyclif.[1913 Webster]
What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.— Matt. xix. 6.[1913 Webster]

4.To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. & R.] [1913 Webster]

They join them penance, as they call it.— Tyndale.[1913 Webster]

5.To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

6.To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant. [PJC]

7.To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president. [PJC]

To join battle, To join issue. See under Battle, Issue.

Syn: To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add. [1913 Webster]

Join \Join\, v. i. To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the bones of the skull join; two rivers join. [1913 Webster]

Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. --Acts xviii. 7. [1913 Webster]

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? --Ezra ix. 14. [1913 Webster]

Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Join \Join\, n.

1.(Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. --Henrici. [1913 Webster]

2.The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam. [PJC]

3.(Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system. [PJC]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

join

1.<database> inner join (common) or outer join (less common).

2.<theory> least upper bound.

(1998-11-23)

Advertisement