From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
join
n 1: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
connection is made [syn: articulation, joint,
juncture, 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]
v 1: become part of; become a member of a group or organization;
"He joined the Communist Party as a young man" [syn:
fall in, get together]
2: cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so
that they fit together" [syn: bring together] [ant:
disjoin]
3: come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink"
4: make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
[syn: conjoin] [ant: disjoin]
5: be or become joined or united or linked; "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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Join \Join\ (join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Joined (joind); p. pr.
& vb. n. Joining.] [OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L.
jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See
Yoke, and cf. Conjugal, Junction, Junta.]
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1. To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in
contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to
associate; to add; to append.
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Woe unto them that join house to house. --Is. v. 8.
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Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn
Like twenty torches joined. --Shak.
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Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. --Dryden.
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2. To associate one's self to; to be or become connected
with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to
join a party; to join the church.
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We jointly now to join no other head. --Dryden.
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3. To unite in marriage.
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He that joineth his virgin in matrimony. --Wyclif.
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What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not
man put asunder. --Matt. xix.
6.
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4. To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. & R.]
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They join them penance, as they call it. --Tyndale.
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5. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join
encounter, battle, issue. --Milton.
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6. To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the
restaurant.
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7. To combine with (another person) in performing some
activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president.
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To join battle, To join issue. See under Battle,
Issue.
Syn: To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate;
couple; link; append. See Add.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Join \Join\, v. i.
To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to
unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the bones of the skull
join; two rivers join.
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Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. --Acts xviii.
7.
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Should we again break thy commandments, and join in
affinity with the people of these abominations? --Ezra
ix. 14.
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Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Join \Join\, n.
1. (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to
two intersecting lines. --Henrici.
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2. The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint;
a seam.
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3. (Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a
query in a relational database system.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
join
1. <database> inner join (common) or outer join (less
common).
2. <theory> least upper bound.
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