join

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make contact or come together

   The two roads join here

2. 2
   verb

   cause to become joined or linked

   join these two parts so that they fit together

3. 3
   verb

   to come into the company of

   They joined me for a drink after work.

4. 4
   verb

   To connect or combine into one; to put together.

   The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe.

5. 5
   verb

   To come together; to meet.

   Parallel lines never join.

6. 6
   verb

   To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.

   Forſake thy king and do but ioyne with me And we will triumph ouer al the world.

7. 7
   verb

   To come into the company of.

   I will join you watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.

8. 8
   verb

   To become a member of.

   Many children join a sports club.

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.