join

== English == === Alternative forms === joyn, joyne, joyen (obsolete) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: join, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ Rhymes: -ɔɪn Hyphenation: join === Verb === join (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past joined, past participle joined or (archaic) joint) (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together. (intransitive) To come together; to meet. (intransitive) To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose. (transitive) To come into the company of. (transitive) To become a member of. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables. To unite in marriage. (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command. To accept, or engage in, as a contest. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to combine more than one item into one): bewed, connect, fay, unite; see also Thesaurus:join ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === join (plural joins) An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining. 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. (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨. Antonym: meet (algebraic geometry) The smallest linear space containing both of two given linear spaces. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Nijo == Chinese == === Etymology === From English join. === Pronunciation === === Verb === join (Hong Kong Cantonese) to join; to become member of to join; to meet up == Dalmatian == === Noun === join alternative spelling of ioin == Finnish == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== join first-person singular indicative past of juoda === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== join instructive plural of joki === Anagrams === Joni, ojin == Lashi == === Etymology === From Proto-Lolo-Burmese [Term?], from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kron. Cognates include Burmese ကျွန် (kywan). === Pronunciation === (Waingmaw) IPA(key): [d͡ʑojn˧˧] (Mongko) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɔn˥˧] Hyphenation: join === Noun === join (classifier yug) slave, servant === References === Qingxia Dai; Jie Li (2007), 勒期语研究 [The study of the Leqi language], Beijing: Central Institute for Nationalities Publishing House, →ISBN, page 280 Hkaw Luk (2017), A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 16