Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense joins, present participle joining, past tense, past participle joined
1. verb
If one person or vehicle joins another, they move or go to the same place, for example so that both of them can do something together.
His wife and children moved to join him in their new home. [VERB noun]
2. verb
If you join an organization, you become a member of it or start work as an employee of it.
He joined the Army five years ago. [VERB noun]
She joined a dance company which took her around the world. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: enrol in, enter, sign up for, become a member of More Synonyms of join
3. verb
If you join an activity that other people are doing, you take part in it or become involved with it.
Telephone operators joined the strike. [VERB noun]
The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer. [VERB noun + in]
Private contractors joined in condemning the Government's stance. [VERB + in]
Synonyms: become involved in, associate with, affiliate with, become a part of More Synonyms of join
4. verb
If you join a queue, you stand at the end of it so that you are part of it.
Make sure you join the queue inside the bank. [VERB noun]
5. verb
To join two things means to fix or fasten them together.
The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain. [VERB noun]
...the conjunctiva, the skin which joins the eye to the lid. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
...two springs that are joined together by a string. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: connect, unite, couple, link More Synonyms of join
6. verb
If something such as a line or path joins two things, it connects them.
It has a dormer roof joining both gable ends. [VERB noun]
The car parks are joined by a footpath. [V pl-n]
...a global highway of cables joining all the continents together. [VERB-ing]
7. verb
If two roads or rivers join, they meet or come together at a particular point.
Do you know the highway to Tulsa? The airport road joins it. [VERB noun]
...Allahabad, where the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers join. [VERB]
Synonyms: meet, touch, border, extend More Synonyms of join
8. countable noun
A join is a place where two things are fastened or fixed together.
9. to join forces
10. to join the ranks
Phrasal verbs:
See join in
See join up
join in British English
(dʒɔɪn)
verb
1.
to come or bring together; connect
2.
to become a member of (a club, organization, etc)
3. (intransitive; often foll bywith)
to become associated or allied
4. (intransitive; usually foll byin)
to take part
5. (transitive)
to meet (someone) as a companion
6. (transitive)
to become part of; take a place in or with
7. (transitive)
to unite (two people) in marriage
8. (transitive) geometry
to connect with a straight line or a curve
9. (transitive) an informal word for adjoin
10. join battle
11. join duty
12. join hands
noun
13.
a joint; seam
14.
the act of joining
15. mathematics another name for union (sense 9)
Derived forms
joinable (ˈjoinable)
adjective
Word origin
C13: from Old French joindre from Latin jungere to yoke
join in American English
(dʒɔɪn)
verb transitive
1.
to put or bring together; connect; fasten
2.
to make into one; unite
join forces, join people in marriage
3.
to become a part or member of; enter into association with
to join a club
4.
to go to and combine with
the path joins the highway
5.
a.
to enter into the company of; accompany
join us later
b.
to participate or take part with
they join me in congratulating you
6. Informal
to adjoin
7. Geometry
to connect with a straight line or curve
verb intransitive
8.
to come together; meet
9.
a.
to enter into association
b.
to become a member of a group or organization
often with up
10.
to participate (in a conversation, singing, an activity, etc.)
noun
11.
a place of joining; joint
Idioms:
join battle
SYNONYMY NOTE: join is the general term implying a bringing or coming together of two or more thingsand may suggest direct contact, affiliation, etc.; , combine implies a mingling together of things, often with a loss of distinction of elementsthat completely merge with one another [to combine milk and water]; unite1 implies a joining or combining of things to form a single whole [the United States]; connect implies attachment by some fastening or relationship [roads connected by a bridge, the duties connected with a job]; link1 stresses firmness of a connection [linked together in a common cause]; associate implies a joining with another or others as a companion, partner, etc. and, in extendeduse, suggests a connection made in the mind [to associate Freud's name with psychoanalysis]; consolidate implies a merger of distinct and separate units into a single whole for resultingcompactness, strength, efficiency, etc. [to consolidate one's debts]
OPPOSITES: separate, part
Derived forms
joinable (ˈjoinable)
adjective
Word origin
ME joinen < OFr joindre < L jungere, to bind together, UNRESOLVED CROSS REF
More idioms containing
join
join the club
join battle
Examples of 'join' in a sentence
join
Will companies be forced to join up?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Take our quiz to see if you should join the statin army too.
The Sun (2016)
Those who join together in the string of passes in similar ways will end up close together.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The association is difficult to join because any member may object to a new application.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
She joined his company in 2002 and has accompanied him on recent hospital trips.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Meanwhile, one grime figure after another joined him on stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Joined Vitesse on loan last month.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But doesn't she worry about joining the long line of celebs who pile on the pounds months after releasing a fitness DVD?
The Sun (2017)
You prefer being your own boss but will happily join forces with organisations you trust.
The Sun (2015)
The point is to join our allies in a fight.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Both had outside experience before joining the company.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He has always been candid about his reasons for joining the army.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They have since been joined by two other staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They should join together and make a stand.
The Sun (2009)
New users can only join if members approve of how they look in their application photos.
The Sun (2016)
You can also join in with tutored tastings and cookery demonstrations.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
People want to do that nice neat thing of drawing a line to join up the dots.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
My twins come in to join us for scrambled eggs.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He would join on loan with a view to a permanent deal.
The Sun (2016)
He has lifted the connections that join the points up.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
At school it had been a requirement that you join the army cadet force for a year.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
He is quickly joined by two other officers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Then join together for an oddly flattering shape.
The Sun (2015)
Another man has joined the crew.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He joined the company aged 25 just a year after qualifying as a chartered accountant.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But the imagination must swing out from the stage to embrace the audience and the audience must be trained to join in the act of imagination.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
Quotations
If you can't beat them, join them
In other languages
join
British English: join /dʒɔɪn/ VERB
link When things join, or you join them, they come together.
They joined hands and danced.
The small molecules join together to form one large molecule.
American English: join
Arabic: يَنْضَمُ
Brazilian Portuguese: juntar
Chinese: 参加
Croatian: sastaviti
Czech: spojit (se)
Danish: slutte sig til
Dutch: aansluiten bij (zich)
European Spanish: unir cosas
Finnish: liittää
French: rejoindre
German: beitreten
Greek: συμμετέχω
Italian: unire
Japanese: 加わる
Korean: ...에 합류하다
Norwegian: slutte seg til
Polish: dołączyć
European Portuguese: juntar
Romanian: a uni
Russian: соединять
Latin American Spanish: unir
Swedish: förena
Thai: เข้าร่วม
Turkish: katılmak
Ukrainian: поєднувати(ся)
Vietnamese: tham gia
British English: join /dʒɔɪn/ VERB
become a member of If you join a group of people, you become one of the group.
He joined the Army five years ago.
We must join together to build a new community.
American English: join
Arabic: يَنْضَمُّ إلى
Brazilian Portuguese: juntar-se
Chinese: 加入
Croatian: pridružiti se
Czech: přidat seke komu
Danish: melde sig
Dutch: lid worden van
European Spanish: unirse a
Finnish: liittyä
French: adhérer à
German: beitreten
Greek: εγγράφομαι
Italian: unirsi
Japanese: ･･･に入る
Korean: 가입하다
Norwegian: tilslutte
Polish: dołączyć
European Portuguese: integrar
Romanian: a se alătura
Russian: вступить
Latin American Spanish: unirse
Swedish: gå med i
Thai: เข้าร่วม
Turkish: katılmak
Ukrainian: приєднуватися
Vietnamese: gia nhập
All related terms of 'join'
join in
If you join in an activity , you take part in it or become involved in it.
join up
If someone joins up , they become a member of the army , the navy , or the air force.
join duty
to report for work after a period of leave or a strike
join battle
to decide that you are going to try to beat someone in an argument or contest
join forces
to combine strengths , efforts , etc
join hands
to hold one's own hands together
join issue
to join in controversy
join the club
said to indicate that you have had the same experiences or feelings as someone who has been telling you about their problems or how they feel
to join forces
If you join forces with someone, you work together in order to achieve a common aim or purpose.
join a campaign
A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
join the coalition
A coalition is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties.
join-the-dots puzzle
a puzzle requiring you to connect a series of dots by drawing lines between them. If the dots are correctly connected, the result is a picture
to join the retired list
to retire
join the ranks of X, join sb's ranks to join the ranks
If you experience something, usually something bad , that other people have experienced, you can say that you have joined their ranks .
If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them means that, if someone is too strong for you to defeat , it is better to be on the same side as them.
Chinese translation of 'join'
join
(dʒɔɪn)
vt
(= become member of)[club, party, army, navy, queue]加入 (jiārù)
⇒ We both joined the Labour Party.我们俩都加入了工党。 (Wǒmen liǎ dōu jiārùle gōngdǎng.)
(= connect)[things, places]连(連)接 (liánjiē)
⇒ Draw a straight line joining these two points.画一直线，将这两点连接起来。 (Huà yī zhíxiàn, jiāng zhè liǎng diǎn liánjiē qǐlái.)
(= meet)[person]会(會)面 (huìmiàn)
⇒ She flew out to join him in Africa.她飞往非洲与他会面。 (Tā fēiwǎng Fēizhōu yǔ tā huìmiàn.)
[road, river]汇(匯)合 (huìhé)
⇒ This road joins the motorway at junction 16.这条路在16号岔路口与高速公路汇合。 (Zhè tiáo lù zài shíliù hào chàlùkǒu yǔ gāosù gōnglù huìhé.)
vi
[roads, rivers]汇(匯)合 (huìhé)
⇒ The two streams join and form a river.两条小溪汇合，形成河流。 (Liǎng tiáo xiǎoxī huìhé, xíngchéng héliú.)
n(c)
接缝(縫) (jiēfèng) (条(條), tiáo)
to join forces (with sb)(与(與)某人)通力合作 ((yǔ mǒurén) tōnglì hézuò)
will you join us for dinner?你想不想和我们(們)一起吃晚饭(飯)？ (nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng hé wǒmen yīqǐ chī wǎnfàn?)
I'll join you later我一会(會)儿(兒)过(過)来(來) (wǒ yīhuìr guòlái)