JOIN

Pronunciation (US):

• JOIN (noun)
  The noun JOIN has 2 senses:

1. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
2. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

  Familiarity information: JOIN used as a noun is rare.

• JOIN (verb)
  The verb JOIN has 5 senses:

1. become part of; become a member of a group or organization
2. cause to become joined or linked
3. come into the company of
4. make contact or come together
5. be or become joined or united or linked

  Familiarity information: JOIN used as a verb is common.

• JOIN (noun)

Meaning:

The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

join; articulation; juncture; junction; joint

Hypernyms ("join" is a kind of...):

connection; connexion; link (a connecting shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "join"):

esophagogastric junction; oesophagogastric junction (the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium)

Meaning:

A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

join; sum; union

Context example:

let C be the union of the sets A and B

Hypernyms ("join" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "join"):

direct sum (a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets)

• JOIN (verb)

Meaning:

Become part of; become a member of a group or organization

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

join; fall in; get together

Context example:

He joined the Communist Party as a young man

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "join"):

affiliate (join in an affiliation)

unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)

infiltrate; penetrate (enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members)

rejoin (join again)

affiliate (join in an affiliation)

organise; organize; unionise; unionize (form or join a union)

band oneself; league together (attach oneself to a group)

sign up (join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate,)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Cause to become joined or linked

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bring together; join

Context example:

join these two parts so that they fit together

Hypernyms (to "join" is one way to...):

connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)

Cause:

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "join"):

scarf (unite by a scarf joint)

rebate (join with a rebate)

rabbet (join with a rabbet joint)

seam (put together with a seam)

bridge (make a bridge across)

close (bring together all the elements or parts of)

ligate (join letters in a ligature when writing)

assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)

sovietise; sovietize (bring under Soviet control, of a country)

fair (join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly)

cog (join pieces of wood with cogs)

mortice; mortise (join by a tenon and mortise)

ancylose; ankylose (produce ankylosis by surgery)

connect (join for the purpose of communication)

connect (join by means of communication equipment)

miter (fit together in a miter joint)

ply (join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding)

close; close up (unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of)

anastomose; inosculate (cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis)

couple; match; mate; pair; twin (bring two objects, ideas, or people together)

match (give or join in marriage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

disjoin (make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of)

Meaning:

Come into the company of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

She joined him for a drink

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Make contact or come together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

conjoin; join

Context example:

The two roads join here

Hypernyms (to "join" is one way to...):

connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "join"):

entwine; knit (tie or link together)

quilt (stitch or sew together)

weld (join together by heating)

solder (join or fuse with solder)

patch; piece (to join or unite the pieces of)

splice (join the ends of)

splice (join together so as to form new genetic combinations)

engraft; graft; ingraft (cause to grow together parts from different plants)

feather (join tongue and groove, in carpentry)

attach (become attached)

cross-link (join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein))

anastomose; inosculate (come together or open into each other)

copulate; couple; mate; pair (make love)

yoke (become joined or linked together)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

disjoin (become separated, disconnected or disjoint)

Meaning:

Be or become joined or united or linked

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

link up; link; connect; unite; join

Context examples:

The two streets connect to become a highway / Our paths joined / The travelers linked up again at the airport

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "join"):

syndicate (join together into a syndicate)

complect; interconnect; interlink (be interwoven or interconnected)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s