join
1. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
• Syn:
articulation, joint, juncture, junction
• Derivationally related forms:
join (for: juncture), joint (for: joint), articulate (for: articulation)
• Hypernyms:
connection, connexion, link
• Hyponyms:
esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
2. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
- let C be the union of the sets A and B
• Syn:
union, sum
• Hypernyms:
set
• Hyponyms:
direct sum
1. become part of;
become a member of a group or organization (Freq. 75)
- He joined the Communist Party as a young man
• Syn:
fall in, get together
• Derivationally related forms:
joiner
• Hyponyms:
sign up, band oneself, league together, unionize, unionise,
organize, organise, affiliate, rejoin, infiltrate, penetrate,
unite, unify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. cause to become joined or linked (Freq. 18)
- join these two parts so that they fit together
• Syn:
bring together
• Ant:
disjoin
• Derivationally related forms:
junction, joining
• Hypernyms:
connect, link, tie, link up
• Hyponyms:
ankylose, ancylose, connect, miter, ply,
close up, close, anastomose, inosculate, match, mate,
couple, pair, twin, mortice, mortise, cog,
fair, scarf, rebate, rabbet, seam, bridge,
ligate, assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack,
tack together, sovietize, sovietise
• Cause:
conjoin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. come into the company of (Freq. 8)
- She joined him for a drink
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. make contact or come together (Freq. 7)
- The two roads join here
• Syn:
conjoin
• Ant:
disjoin
• Derivationally related forms:
conjunctive (for: conjoin), joining
• Hypernyms:
connect, link, tie, link up
• Hyponyms:
feather, attach, cross-link, anastomose, inosculate,
copulate, mate, pair, couple, yoke, graft,
engraft, ingraft, splice, patch, piece, solder,
weld, quilt, knit, entwine
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
5. be or become joined or united or linked (Freq. 1)
- The two streets connect to become a highway
- Our paths joined
- The travelers linked up again at the airport
• Syn:
connect, link, link up, unite
• Derivationally related forms:
jointure, juncture, joining, link (for: link), linkage (for: link), connective (for: connect)
• Hyponyms:
syndicate, articulate, complect, interconnect, interlink
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
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