Dictionary entry details
• 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
