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JOIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
Example:
let C be the union of the sets A and B
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("join" is a kind of...):
set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "join"):
direct sum (a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
Synonyms:
articulation; join; joint; junction; juncture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("join" is a kind of...):
connection; connexion; link (a connecting shape)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "join"):
esophagogastric junction; oesophagogastric junction (the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they join ... he / she / it joins
Past simple: joined
Past participle: joined
-ing form: joining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make contact or come together
Example:
The two roads join here
Synonyms:
conjoin; join
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "join" is one way to...):
connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "join"):
entwine; knit (tie or link together)
quilt (stitch or sew together)
weld (join together by heating)
solder (join or fuse with solder)
patch; piece (to join or unite the pieces of)
splice (join the ends of)
splice (join together so as to form new genetic combinations)
engraft; graft; ingraft (cause to grow together parts from different plants)
yoke (become joined or linked together)
copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)
anastomose; inosculate (come together or open into each other)
cross-link (join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein))
attach (become attached)
feather (join tongue and groove, in carpentry)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
disjoin (become separated, disconnected or disjoint)
Derivation:
joining (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to become joined or linked
Example:
join these two parts so that they fit together
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "join" is one way to...):
connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)
Cause:
conjoin; join (make contact or come together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "join"):
fair (join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly)
scarf (unite by a scarf joint)
rebate (join with a rebate)
rabbet (join with a rabbet joint)
seam (put together with a seam)
bridge (make a bridge across)
close (bring together all the elements or parts of)
ligate (join letters in a ligature when writing)
assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)
sovietise; sovietize (bring under Soviet control, of a country)
ancylose; ankylose (produce ankylosis by surgery)
connect (join for the purpose of communication)
connect (join by means of communication equipment)
miter (fit together in a miter joint)
ply (join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding)
close; close up (unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of)
anastomose; inosculate (cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis)
couple; match; mate; pair; twin (bring two objects, ideas, or people together)
match (give or join in marriage)
mortice; mortise (join by a tenon and mortise)
cog (join pieces of wood with cogs)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
disjoin (make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of)
Derivation:
joining (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication))
junction (an act of joining or adjoining things)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Become part of; become a member of a group or organization
Example:
He joined the Communist Party as a young man
Synonyms:
fall in; get together; join
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "join"):
sign up (join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate)
band oneself; league together (attach oneself to a group)
organise; organize; unionise; unionize (form or join a union)
affiliate (join in an affiliation)
rejoin (join again)
infiltrate; penetrate (enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members)
unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
joiner (a person who likes to join groups)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Come into the company of
Example:
She joined him for a drink
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 5
Meaning:
Be or become joined or united or linked
Example:
The travelers linked up again at the airport
Synonyms:
connect; join; link; link up; unite
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "join"):
syndicate (join together into a syndicate)
articulate (unite by forming a joint or joints)
complect; interconnect; interlink (be interwoven or interconnected)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
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)
Context examples:
The word was no sooner out of my mouth than the whole crowd of spectators, well dressed and ill—gentlemen, ostlers, and servant maids—joined in a general shriek of “Fire!”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Looking up, we could see them waving their arms from the rocks above and beckoning to us to join them in their refuge.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Toby Jackson, a plant scientist in the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, joined Gorgens on an expedition to visit the giants.
(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)
One of several molecules that join together to form proteins.
(Amino acid, NCI Dictionary)
Inside the leukemia cells, the ABL gene from chromosome 9 joins to the BCR gene on chromosome 22 to form the BCR-ABL fusion gene, which makes the BCR-ABL fusion protein.
(BCR-ABL fusion protein, NCI Dictionary)
The ABL gene from chromosome 9 joins to the BCR gene on chromosome 22, to form the BCR-ABL fusion gene.
(BCR-ABL fusion gene, NCI Dictionary)
It is a type of polysaccharide that is made of a string of glucose (sugar) molecules joined together.
(Beta-glucan, NCI Dictionary)
I scribbled a note to my neighbour, rushed upstairs to explain the matter to my wife, and joined Holmes upon the door-step.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you were really great, really true to yourself, you would join forces with Leach and Johnson.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
This polypeptide is comprised of the carboxy-terminal portions of fibrillar collagen, which are joined through trivalent crosslinks and released during the degradation of mature type I collagen by matrix metalloproteinases.
(C-Terminal Telopeptide Type I Collagen, NCI Thesaurus)
