verb (past and past participlejoined, present participlejoin·ing, 3rd person present singularjoins)
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb bring or come together: to meet, or make two or more things meet, and become linked or united
2. transitive verb fix things together: to put or fix two or more things together Join the wing to the body with glue.
3. transitive verb make connection between things: to establish a connection between two or more things, e.g. by drawing a line between them join the dots
4. transitive and intransitive verb become part of group: to become a member of something such as a club, social group, company, team, or other organization I've joined the Mountaineering Club.
5. transitive verb do same as somebody: to agree to do the same as somebody I'm sure my colleagues will want to join me in thanking you for your visit today.
6. transitive verb unite people in partnership: to bring two or more people into a partnership such as a marriage
7. transitive verb meet somebody: to go to meet somebody I'll join you later.
8. transitive verb share somebody's company: to enter into the company of another person Do you mind if I join you?
9. transitive and intransitive verb be adjacent: to be next to something or to each other This room joins the bathroom.
noun (pluraljoins)
Definition:
joint: a place where two or more things have been joined You can hardly see the join.
[13th century. Via Old French joign-, present stem of joindre< Latin jungere "join"]
join·a·ble adjective
Word History
The Indo-European word from which join is ultimately derived is also the ancestor of English adjust, conjugal, jostle, joust, jugular, juxtapose, subjugate, yoga, yoke, and zygo-.
