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English noun: join | |||
| 1. | join (shape) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | ||
| Synonyms | articulation, joint, junction, juncture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connection, connexion, link | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction | ||
| 2. | join (group) a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets | ||
| Samples | Let C be the union of the sets A and B. | ||
| Synonyms | sum, union | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | direct sum | ||
English verb: join | |||
| 1. | join (social) become part of; become a member of a group or organization | ||
| Samples | He joined the Communist Party as a young man. | ||
| Synonyms | fall in, get together | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | affiliate, band oneself, infiltrate, league together, organise, organize, penetrate, rejoin, sign up, unify, unionise, unionize, unite | ||
| 2. | join (contact) cause to become joined or linked | ||
| Samples | Join these two parts so that they fit together. | ||
| Synonyms | bring together | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connect, link, link up, tie | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anastomose, ancylose, ankylose, assemble, bridge, close, close, close up, cog, connect, connect, couple, fair, inosculate, ligate, match, match, mate, miter, mortice, mortise, pair, piece, ply, put together, rabbet, rebate, scarf, seam, set up, sovietise, sovietize, tack, tack together, twin | ||
| Cause | conjoin, join | ||
| Antonyms | disjoin, disjoint | ||
| 3. | join (social) come into the company of | ||
| Samples | She joined him for a drink. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| 4. | join (contact) make contact or come together | ||
| Samples | The two roads join here. | ||
| Synonyms | conjoin | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connect, link, link up, tie | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anastomose, attach, copulate, couple, cross-link, engraft, entwine, feather, graft, ingraft, inosculate, knit, mate, pair, patch, piece, quilt, solder, splice, splice, weld, yoke | ||
| Antonyms | disjoin, disjoint | ||
| 5. | join (stative) be or become joined or united or linked | ||
| Samples | The two streets connect to become a highway. Our paths joined. The travelers linked up again at the airport. | ||
| Synonyms | connect, link, link up, unite | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | articulate, complect, interconnect, interlink, syndicate | ||
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