Etymology : Middle English, from Old French joindre, from Latin jungere; more at YOKE
Pronunciation : join
Function : verb
Date : 13th century
1. act of uniting, act of connecting; place where two things are connected; seam; juncture. attach, connect; unite, combine; be connected; become a member; perform a marriage ceremony; volunteer to serve in the armed forces; accompany, meet up with. join\join\, v. i. to be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join. whose house joined hard to the synagogue. i.
2. should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? --ezra ix.
3. nature and fortune joined to make thee great.join \join\ (join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. joined ; 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.].
4. to bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append. woe unto them that join house to house. v.
5. held up his left hand, which did flame and burn like twenty torches joined. thy tuneful voice with numbers join.
6. 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. we jointly now to join no other head.
7. to unite in marriage. he that joineth his virgin in matrimony. what, therefore, god hath joined together, let not man put asunder. xix.
8. 4. to enjoin upon; to command. [obs. & r.] they join them penance, as they call it.
9. to accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.
10. To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
11. 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.
12. To unite in marriage.
13. To enjoin upon; to command.
14. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.
15. 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.
16. The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink".
17. 1. If one person or vehicle joins another, they move or go to the same place, for example so that both of them can do something together. His wife and children moved to join him in their new home.
18. If you join an organization, you become a member of it or start work as an employee of it. He joined the Army five years ago.
19. If you join an activity that other people are doing, you take part in it or become involved with it. Telephone operators joined the strike and four million engineering workers are also planning action The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer Private contractors joined in condemning the Government's stance.
20. If you join a queue, you stand at the end of it so that you are part of it. Make sure you join the queue inside the bank.
21. To join two things means to fix or fasten them together. The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain. the conjunctiva, the skin which joins the eye to the lid.
22. If something such as a line or path joins two things, it connects them. It has a dormer roof joining both gable ends a global highway of cables joining all the continents together.
23. If two roads or rivers join, they meet or come together at a particular point. Do you know the highway to Tulsa? The airport road joins it. Allahabad, where the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers join.
24. A join is a place where two things are fastened or fixed together.
25. join forces: see:
force to join the ranks: see rank. a place where two parts of an object are connected or fastened together.