- join
- [[t]ʤɔ͟ɪn[/t]]
♦joins, joining, joined1) VERB If one person or vehicle joins another, they move or go to the same place, for example so that both of them can do something together.
[V n] His wife and children moved to join him in their new home...
[V n] The two policemen were joined by another policeman also carrying a pistol.
2) VERB If you join an organization, you become a member of it or start work as an employee of it.[V n] He joined the Army five years ago...
[V n] She joined a dance company which took her around the world.
3) VERB If you join an activity that other people are doing, you take part in it or become involved with it.[V n] Telephone operators joined the strike and four million engineering workers are also planning action...
[V n in n/-ing] The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer...
[V in -ing] Last night the group which represents private contractors joined in condemning the Government's confused stance.
4) VERB If you join a queue, you stand at the end of it so that you are part of it.[V n] Make sure you join the queue inside the bank.
5) VERB To join two things means to fix or fasten them together.[V pl-n] The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain.
[V n prep/adv] ...the conjunctiva, the skin which joins the eye to the lid.
[V n prep/adv] ...two springs that are joined together by a string.
6) VERB If something such as a line or path joins two things, it connects them.[V pl-n] It has a dormer roof joining both gable ends...
[V pl-n] The car parks are joined by a footpath.
[V-ing] ...a global highway of cables joining all the continents together.
7) V-RECIP If two roads or rivers join, they meet or come together at a particular point.[V n] Do you know the highway to Tulsa? The airport road joins it.
[pl-n V] ...Allahabad, where the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers join.
8) N-COUNT A join is a place where two things are fastened or fixed together.Phrasal Verbs:- join in- join up
English dictionary. 2008.
