join
To connect or combine into one; to put together.
Verb 4 meanings
To connect or combine into one; to put together.
“The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe.”
To come together; to meet.
“Parallel lines never join.”
To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
To start working on or participating in a project.
“He joined season 2 of the television show.”
Noun 4 meanings
An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
The act of joining something, such as a network.
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.
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JOIN at a glance
JOIN has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (J 8 + O 1 + I 1 + N 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,046 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with join
All rhymesOne letter away
- JOHN14
- COIN6
- LOIN4
- FOIN7
- ROIN4
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