| VERB | social | join, fall in, get together | become part of |
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| contact | join | cause to become joined / joined or linked | |
| social | join | come into the company of | |
| contact | join, conjoin | make contact or come together | |
| stative | join, connect, link, link up, unite | be or become joined or united or linked | |
| NOUN | shape | join, articulation, joint, juncture, junction | the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made |
| group | join, union, sum | a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets |
| Sounds | jhoy'n | |
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| Rhymes | adjoin ... tenderloin: 13 rhymes with oyn... | |
| Meaning | The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. | |
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| Synonyms | articulation, joint, juncture, junction | |
| Narrower | esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction | The junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium |
| Broader | connection, connexion, link | A connecting shape |
| Spanish | articulación, juntura, unión | |
| Catalan | articulació, unió | |
| Meaning | A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets. | |
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| Synonyms | union, sum | |
| Narrower | direct sum | A union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets |
| Broader | set | A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used |
| Spanish | union, unión | |
| Meaning | Become part of; become a member of a group or organization. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" | |
| Synonyms | fall in, get together | |
| Narrower | affiliate | join in an affiliation / affiliation |
| band oneself, league together | attach oneself to a group | |
| infiltrate, penetrate | Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members | |
| rejoin | join again | |
| sign up | join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes" | |
| unionize, unionise, organize, organise | form or join a union | |
| unite, unify | act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief | |
| Spanish | incorporarse, ingresar, unirse | |
| Catalan | incorporar-se, unir-se | |
| Nouns | joiner | a person who likes to join groups |
| Meaning | Cause to become joined / joined or linked. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "join these two parts so that they fit together" | |
| Cause to | join, conjoin | make contact or come together |
| Entailed by | plug in, plug into, connect | Plug into an outlet |
| Narrower | anastomose, inosculate | Cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis |
| ankylose, ancylose | produce ankylosis by surgery | |
| assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together | Create by putting components or members together | |
| bridge | make a bridge across | |
| close | bring together all the elements or parts of | |
| close up, close | Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of | |
| cog | join pieces of wood with cogs | |
| connect | join for the purpose of communication | |
| connect | join by means of communication equipment | |
| fair | join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly | |
| ligate | join letters in a ligature when writing | |
| match, mate, couple, pair, twin | Bring two objects, ideas, or people together | |
| match | Give or join in marriage | |
| miter | fit together in a miter joint | |
| mortice, mortise | join by a tenon and mortise | |
| ply | join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding | |
| rabbet | join with a rabbet joint | |
| rebate | join with a rebate | |
| scarf | Unite by a scarf joint | |
| seam | Put together with a seam | |
| sovietize, sovietise | Bring under Soviet control, of a country | |
| Broader | connect, link, tie, link up | Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces |
| Opposite | disjoin, disjoint | make disjoint, separated, or disconnected |
| Spanish | acoplar, juntar, reunir, unir | |
| Catalan | acoblar, reunir, unir | |
| Nouns | joining | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
| junction | an act of joining or adjoining things | |
| Meaning | Come into the company of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She joined him for a drink" | |
| Spanish | juntarse, unirse | |
| Catalan | unir-se | |
| Meaning | make contact or come together. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The two roads join here" | |
| Synonym | conjoin | |
| Caused by | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Entailed by | sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing |
| Narrower | anastomose, inosculate | Come together or open into each other |
| attach | Become attached | |
| copulate, mate, pair, couple | Engage in sexual intercourse | |
| cross-link | join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein) | |
| feather | join tongue and groove, in carpentry | |
| graft, engraft, ingraft | Cause to grow together parts from different plants | |
| knit, entwine | Tie or link together | |
| patch, piece | To join or unite the pieces of | |
| quilt | stitch or sew together | |
| solder | join or fuse with solder | |
| splice | join the ends of | |
| splice | join together so as to form new genetic combinations | |
| weld | join together by heating | |
| yoke | Become joined or linked together | |
| Broader | connect, link, tie, link up | Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces |
| Opposite | disjoin, disjoint | Become separated, disconnected or disjoint |
| Spanish | acoplar, empalmar, ensamblar, juntar, reunir, unir | |
| Catalan | acoblar, ajuntar, empalmar, empiular, reunir, unir | |
| Nouns | joining | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
| Meaning | Be or become joined or united or linked. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "Our paths joined" | |
| Synonyms | connect, link, link up, unite | |
| Narrower | articulate | Unite by forming a joint or joints |
| complect, interconnect, interlink | Be interwoven or interconnected | |
| syndicate | join together into a syndicate | |
| Spanish | comunicar, conectar, entroncar, unir | |
| Catalan | comunicar, connectar, entroncar, unir | |
| Nouns | joining | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
| jointure | the act of making or becoming a single unit | |
| juncture | the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | |
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