join

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

joyn, joyne, joyen (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔɪn/
Rhymes: -ɔɪn
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Hyphenation: join

NounEdit

join (plural joins)

An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
(computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
(computing) The act of joining something, such as a network.
- 2010, Dustin Hannifin, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administrator's Reference:
  The offline domain join is a three-step process described subsequently: […]
(algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.

AntonymsEdit

(lowest upper bound): meet

HyponymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect

Bulgarian: съединение (bg) n (sǎedinenie)
Catalan: unió (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 連接 (zh), 连接 (zh) (liánjiē)
Dutch: verbinding (nl)
Finnish: liitos (fi), yhteys (fi)
French: jointure (fr) f

German: Verbindung (de) f
Hungarian: kötés (hu), csatlakozás (hu), toldás
Japanese: 接続 (ja) (setsuzoku), 結合 (ja) (ketsugō)
Macedonian: спојка f (spojka), спојница f (spojnica), спој m (spoj)
Portuguese: conexão (pt) f
Russian: соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije), стык (ru) m (styk)

an intersection of data

Finnish: liitos (fi)
French: jointure (fr) f

Greek: συνένωση (el) f (synénosi)
Portuguese: junção (pt) f

VerbEdit

join (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past and past participle joined)

(transitive) To connect or combine 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.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i], page 8, column 2:
  […] Nature and Fortune ioyn’d 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.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 46:
  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.
- 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Of Matrimony”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], OCLC 56485293, folio xiii, recto:
  Into the whiche holy eſtate theſe two perſones pꝛeſent: come nowe to be ioyned.
- c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii], page 198, column 2:
  […] this fellow wil but ioyne you together, as they ioyne / Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a ſhrunke pannell […]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 19:6, column 2:
  What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put aſunder.
(obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
- 1527 (originally published, quote is from a later edition), William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
  They join them penance, as they call it.
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?)

SynonymsEdit

(to combine more than one item into one): bewed, connect, fay, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

TranslationsEdit

to combine more than one item into one; to put together

Armenian: միացնել (hy) (miacʿnel)
Aromanian: mpriunedz, unescu
Azerbaijani: birləşdirmək (az), qovuşdurmaq
Bulgarian: обединявам (bg) (obedinjavam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 連接 (zh), 连接 (zh) (liánjiē)
Czech: spojit (cs)
Dutch: samenvoegen (nl), verenigen (nl)
Finnish: liittää (fi)
French: joindre (fr)
Friulian: zontâ
Galician: xuntar (gl)
Georgian: შეერთება (šeerteba), გაერთიანება (gaertianeba), შემოერთება (šemoerteba), დაკავშირება (daḳavšireba)
German: verknüpfen (de), vereinigen (de), anschließen (de), verbinden (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gahaftjan)
Greek:
Ancient: συνάπτω (sunáptō), ἁρμόζω (harmózō), ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi)
Hebrew: הצטרף‎ (hitstaréf)
Hungarian: összekapcsol (hu), összeköt (hu)
Icelandic: sameina
Indonesian: sambung (id)
Irish:
Old Irish: ad·comla
Italian: unire (it), giuntare (it)

Japanese: つなげる (ja) (tsunageru), 接続する (setsuzoku suru), 結合する (ketsugō suru)
Javanese: sambung
Kabuverdianu: djunta
Latin: iungō (la), coniungō, cōnectō
Latvian: savienot, saistīt, apvienot
Lithuanian: jungti (lt), sujungti
Macedonian: спојува (spojuva), здружува (združuva)
Maori: hoto, tūhono, tūhoto
Norman: joindre
Norwegian: sammenstille
Old English: fēġan
Old Javanese: sambuṅ
Persian: پیوستن‎ (fa) (peyvastan)
Polish: łączyć (pl) / połączyć (pl)
Portuguese: juntar (pt), unir (pt)
Quechua: huñuy, t'inkiy
Romanian: alătura (ro), împreuna (ro), uni (ro)
Russian: соединя́ть (ru) impf (sojedinjátʹ), соедини́ть (ru) pf (sojedinítʹ); скреплять (ru) impf (skrepljatʹ), скрепить (ru) pf (skrepitʹ); объединя́ть (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹ), объедини́ть (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹ) efforts
Sanskrit: युनक्ति (yunakti)
Spanish: juntar (es), aunar (es)
Swedish: sammanfoga (sv), foga samman (a number of objects), slå samman (efforts), föra samman
Turkish: birleştirmek (tr)
Welsh: ymuno (cy)

to come together; to meet

Armenian: միանալ (hy) (mianal)
Azerbaijani: qovuşmaq
Bulgarian: свързвам се (svǎrzvam se), съединявам се (sǎedinjavam se)
Dutch: samenkomen (nl)
Finnish: kohdata (fi)
Georgian: შეერთება (šeerteba), შეკავშირება (šeḳavšireba), დაკავშირება (daḳavšireba)
German: zusammenkommen (de), sich treffen
Hiligaynon: abáy
Hindi: जुड़ना (hi) (juṛnā)
Hungarian: beletorkollik (hu), találkozik (hu)
Italian: incontrare (it)

Japanese: つながる (ja) (tsunagaru), 接続する (setsuzoku suru); (for a river or road) 合流する (gōryū suru)
Latvian: apvienoties, vienoties, savienoties
Macedonian: се спојува (se spojuva), се здружува (se združuva)
Old English: fegan
Persian: پیوستن‎ (fa) (peyvastan)
Polish: łączyć się (pl) / połączyć się (pl)
Portuguese: juntar-se
Russian: соединя́ться (ru) impf (sojedinjátʹsja), соедини́ться (ru) pf (sojedinítʹsja); объединя́ться (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹsja), объедини́ться (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹsja)
Spanish: acompañar (es)
Swedish: mötas, förenas (sv)
Turkish: birleşmek (tr), çakışmak (tr), kesişmek (tr), bir araya gelmek (tr)

to come into the company of

Armenian: միանալ (hy) (mianal)
Azerbaijani: qoşulmaq (az)
Bulgarian: присъединявам се (prisǎedinjavam se)
Catalan: unir-se (ca), afegir-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 參加 (zh), 参加 (zh) (cānjiā), 加入 (zh) (jiārù)
Dutch: vervoegen (nl)
Finnish: liittyä (fi)
French: se joindre
Georgian: შეერთება (šeerteba), შემოერთება (šemoerteba)
German: sich anschließen
Hungarian: csatlakozik (hu)
Italian: aggregarsi
Japanese: 加わる (kuwawaru), 同伴する (dōhan suru); (figurative) 合流する (gōryū suru)

Latvian: pievienoties
Lithuanian: prisijungti, prisidėti
Macedonian: се придружува (se pridružuva), се приклучува (se priklučuva)
Maori: kuhu, whakatapoko
Persian: پیوستن‎ (fa) (peyvastan)
Polish: dołączyć (pl), dołączyć się (pl), przyłączyć się (pl)
Portuguese: juntar-se a
Russian: присоединя́ться (ru) impf (prisojedinjátʹsja), присоедини́ться (ru) pf (prisojedinítʹsja)
Swedish: följa med (sv), komma med, hänga med (sv), göra sällskap
Turkish: katılmak (tr)

to become a member of

Arabic: اِلْتَحَقَ بِـ‎ (iltaḥaqa bi-)
Armenian: միանալ (hy) (mianal)
Azerbaijani: üzv olmaq, qatılmaq
Bulgarian: ставам член (stavam člen)
Catalan: unir-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加盟 (zh) (jiāméng), 加入 (zh) (jiārù)
Czech: vstoupit (cs), připojit se, stát se členem
Dutch: lid worden van, toetreden (nl)
Esperanto: aliĝi, aniĝi
Finnish: liittyä (fi)
French: se joindre
Georgian: წევრად შესვლა (c̣evrad šesvla)
German: beitreten (de)

Hungarian: belép (hu)
Italian: aderire (it), entrare a far parte
Japanese: 加わる (kuwawaru), 参加する (sanka suru); (figurative) 合流する (gōryū suru)
Latvian: iestāties
Lithuanian: įstoti
Macedonian: стапува (stapuva), се зачленува (se začlenuva)
Maori: whakatapoko
Persian: پیوستن‎ (fa) (peyvastan)
Polish: wstępować (pl) / wstąpić (pl), przystępować (pl) / przystąpić (pl)
Portuguese: juntar-se a, entrar em
Russian: вступа́ть (ru) impf (vstupátʹ), вступи́ть (ru) pf (vstupítʹ)
Spanish: unirse (es)
Swedish: gå med (sv) (i)
Turkish: katılmak (tr)

to engage or join in battle

Maori: harapaki

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