join
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EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.
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NounEdit
join (plural joins)
- An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
- (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
- (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.
AntonymsEdit
- (lowest upper bound): meet
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Hyponyms of join
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TranslationsEdit
an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect
VerbEdit
join (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past and past participle joined)
- (transitive) To combine more than one item into one; to put together.
- The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe. We joined our efforts to get an even better result.
- (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
- Parallel lines never join. These two rivers join in about 80 miles.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
- Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.
- (transitive) To come into the company of.
- I will join you watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
- (transitive) To become a member of.
- Many children join a sports club. Most politicians have joined a party.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
- (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
- By joining the Customer table on the Product table, we can show each customer's name alongside the products they have ordered.
- To unite in marriage.
- (Can we date this quote?)John Wycliffe
- he that joineth his virgin in matrimony
- Bible, Matthew xix. 6
- What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- (Can we date this quote?)John Wycliffe
- (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Tyndale
- They join them penance, as they call it.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Tyndale
- To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
- to join encounter, battle, or issue
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
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TranslationsEdit
to combine more than one item into one; to put together
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to come together; to meet
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to come into the company of
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to become a member of
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to engage or join in battle
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DalmatianEdit
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NumeralEdit
join (plural joina)