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.
Meanings
An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
We found 217 putative interchromosomal joins. Only one of these joins (in the paternal assembly of HG02080) was located in a euchromatic, non-acrocentric region and was manually confirmed to be a misassembly. 2023 May 11, Wen-Wei Liao, Mobin Asri, Jana Ebler, et al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI, page 313:
An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
The act of joining something, such as a network.
The offline domain join is a three-step process described subsequently: […] 2010, Dustin Hannifin, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administrator's Reference:
The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.
The smallest linear space containing both of two given linear spaces.
it giuntura (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · ja 結合 (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · ja 接続 (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · cmn 連接 /连接 (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · uk з'є́днання (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · ru стык (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · de Verbindung (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · fi yhteys (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · nl verbinding (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · ru соедине́ние (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · mk спојка (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · fi yhde (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · hu toldás (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · pt conexão (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · mk спој (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · fi liitos (an intersection of data) · bg съедине́ние (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · hu csatlakozás (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · ko 접속 (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · fr jointure (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · hu kötés (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · fi liitos (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · rgn atàc (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · pt junção (an intersection of data) · it giunzione (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · el συνένωση (an intersection of data) · mk спојница (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · ko 결합 (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect) · fr jointure (an intersection of data) · ca unió (an intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect)
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.
Meanings
(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe.
We joined our efforts to get an even better result.
(intransitive) To come together; to meet.
Parallel lines never join.
These two rivers join in about 80 miles.
(intransitive) 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. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
[…]Nature and Fortune ioyn’d to make thee great. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 8, column 2:
(transitive) To start working on or participating in a project.
He joined season 2 of the television show.
(transitive) To come into the company of.
I will join you in watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:
(transitive) To become a member of.
In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Most politicians have joined a party.
Many children join a sports club.
(transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
By joining the Customer table on the Product table, we can show each customer's name alongside the products they have ordered.
To unite in marriage.
[…]this fellow wil but ioyne you together, as they ioyne
Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a ſhrunke pannell[…] c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 198, column 2:
What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put aſunder. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 19:6, column 2:
Into the whiche holy eſtate theſe two perſones pꝛeſent: come nowe to be ioyned. 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “Of Matrimony”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio xiii, recto:
(obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
And they ioyne them penaunce / as they call it / to faſt / to goo pylgremages ⁊ geve ſo moch to make ſatiſfaccion with all. 1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “Anoylynge”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio Cxj, recto:
To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
to join encounter, battle, or issue
Before joining battle, the officers and warriors gathered to make divinations "before the spirits of the former rulers," as at the battle of Yen-ling between Chin and Ch'u in 575 b.c. 1965, Cho-yun Hsu, Ancient China in Transition: An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722–222 b.c., Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 19:
Then when our powers in points of ſwords are ioin’d
And cloſde in compaſſe of the killing bullet, […] c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
On the rough edge of battel ere it joyn'd. 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
ru вступи́ть (to come into the company of) · ko 가맹하다 (to become a member of) · mk се здружи (to come together; to meet) · grc συμμείγνυμι (to come into the company of) · ka წევრიანდება (to become a member of) · pl wstępować (to become a member of) · gl xuntar (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ro uni (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ru присоединя́ться (to come into the company of) · cs připojovat se (to become a member of) · lv saistīt (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · gl xuntar (to become a member of) · az qovuşmaq (to come together; to meet) · hi जोड़ना (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · de verbinden (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pt entrar em (to become a member of) · ro împreuna (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ja 加入する (to come into the company of) · sga ad·comla (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · mi tūhoto (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · izh liittää (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pl połączyć się (to come together; to meet) · sv komma med (to come into the company of) · it entrare a far parte (to become a member of) · be уступі́ць (to become a member of) · fur zontâ (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · cmn 連接 /连接 (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · kea djunta (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · mk спојува (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · az qoşulmaq (to come into the company of) · ru объединя́ться (to come together; to meet) · ja 合流する (to come into the company of) · fi liittää (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · es empalmar (to come together; to meet) · ca unir-se (to become a member of) · sa युनक्ति (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · be злучы́ць (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · es entroncar (to come together; to meet) · cs spojit (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ka გაწევრიანდება (to become a member of) · cmn 加入 (to come into the company of) · zza tede kewten (to engage or join in battle) · pt juntar (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · de vereinigen (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · mk се придружува (to come into the company of) · mk се зачленува (to become a member of) · fi liittyä (to become a member of) · sv mötas (to come together; to meet) · az birləşdirmək (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · cs spojovat (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · lt sujungti (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pl przyłączać się (to come into the company of) · be прылучы́цца (to come into the company of) · de sich treffen (to come together; to meet) · pl łączyć (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · hu beletorkollik (to come together; to meet) · la participō (to become a member of) · de beitreten (to become a member of) · cs vstupovat (to become a member of) · lv iestāties (to become a member of) · pl przystąpić (to become a member of) · bg присъединя́ се (to come into the company of) · ca agregar-se (to come into the company of) · zza tor kerden (to come together; to meet) · eo kuniĝi (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sv följa med (to come into the company of) · ka შეერთება (to come together; to meet) · bg обединя́вам (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · zza tor biyayen (to come into the company of) · lt jungti (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · cs stát se členem (to become a member of) · cy ymuno (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sl združiti (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · mk се спои (to come together; to meet) · mi harapaki (to engage or join in battle) · ka შეკავშირება (to come together; to meet) · sv hänga med (to come into the company of) · grc συνάπτω (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ang fegan (to come together; to meet) · fr joindre (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · mk се приклучува (to come into the company of) · lt prisijungti (to come into the company of) · ka დაკავშირება (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · es juntar (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · fa پیوستن (to come into the company of) · bg съединя́вам се (to come together; to meet) · es aunar (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ja 結合する (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · es coligarse (to become a member of) · fa پیوستن (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ja 参加する (to become a member of) · lv pievienoties (to come into the company of) · ca unir-se (to come into the company of) · mk се здружува (to come together; to meet) · cmn 加盟 (to become a member of) · es juntarse (to come into the company of) · uk об'єдна́ти (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · be злуча́ць (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · zza eza biyayen (to become a member of) · pl wstąpić (to become a member of) · ka შეერთება (to come into the company of) · hy միացնել (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · tr bir araya gelmek (to come together; to meet) · ko 가입하다 (to become a member of) · gl xuntar (to come together; to meet) · ang fēġan (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · hu csatlakozik (to come into the company of) · la cōnectō (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · lv apvienoties (to come together; to meet) · es aunarse (to become a member of) · mi hoto (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · rup mpriunedz (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ro alătura (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pt juntar-se a (to come into the company of) · is sameina (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · grc προσχωρέω (to become a member of) · uk вступи́ти (to become a member of) · ca afegir-se (to come into the company of) · uk об'є́днувати (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · cs vstoupit (to become a member of) · sv förenas (to come together; to meet) · mk здружи (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ru соединя́ться (to come together; to meet) · cmn 加入 (to become a member of) · hi जुड़ना (to come together; to meet) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · de sich anschließen (to come into the company of) · tr çakışmak (to come together; to meet) · sk pripojiť sa (to become a member of) · ota قوشمق (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · grc ζεύγνυμι (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · fa پیوستن (to come together; to meet) · mi kuhu (to come into the company of) · ru объедини́ть pf efforts (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ja 繋げる (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · cs spojit se (to come together; to meet) · sl pristopati (to become a member of) · sk spojiť sa (to come together; to meet) · hu találkozik (to come together; to meet) · mk се спојува (to come together; to meet) · sk pripájať sa (to become a member of) · es coaligarse (to become a member of) · uk з'є́днувати (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · hu összeköt (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · lv savienot (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · it partecipare (to become a member of) · ar اِلْتَحَقَ بِـ (to become a member of) · sv föra samman (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · nb sammenstille (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pt juntar-se a (to become a member of) · alt биригер (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · uk об'є́днуватися (to come together; to meet) · uk з'єдна́тися (to come together; to meet) · bg съединя́ (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · jv sambung (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ru вступа́ть (to come into the company of) · ar وَصَلَ (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ja 合流する (to become a member of) · nl samenkomen (to come together; to meet) · sv sammanfoga (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · qu t'inkiy (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pl przyłączyć się (to come into the company of) · ja 加わる (to come into the company of) · uk з'єдна́ти (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · bg обединя́ (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ka დაკავშირება (to come together; to meet) · ko 합류하다 (to become a member of) · kaw sambuṅ (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · rup unescu (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ru объедини́ться (to come together; to meet) · ja 接続する (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · eo kunigi (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sl spojiti (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · be ядна́ць (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ru скрепить (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · nl vervoegen (to come into the company of) · uk приє́днуватися (to come into the company of) · nl lid worden van (to become a member of) · hy միանալ (to become a member of) · uk приєдна́тися (to come into the company of) · ja 繋がる (to come together; to meet) · mk стапува (to become a member of) · tr kesişmek (to come together; to meet) · hu belép (to become a member of) · de zusammenkommen (to come together; to meet) · ca ajuntar (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · nl verenigen (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ru объединя́ть (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · it unire (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · bg свъ́рзвам се (to come together; to meet) · be уступа́ць (to become a member of) · ko 가입하다 (to come into the company of) · ar اِتَّصَلَ (to come together; to meet) · mi whakatapoko (to become a member of) · es unirse (a) (to come into the company of) · hu összekapcsol (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · id sambung (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · mi tūhono (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sk spojovať (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · bg свъ́ржа се (to come together; to meet) · sh spojiti (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · tr katılmak (to come into the company of) · grc ἁρμόζω (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sv göra sällskap (to come into the company of) · ar اِنْضَمَّ إِلَى (to become a member of) · nl samenvoegen (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · be аб'ядна́ць (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · it entrare a fare parte di (to come into the company of) · tr üye olmak (to become a member of) · fr se joindre (to come into the company of) · ka შემოერთება (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · lt prisidėti (to come into the company of) · ja 接続する (to come together; to meet) · hil abáy (to come together; to meet) · ru соединя́ть (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sv gå med (i) (to become a member of) · sk spájať (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · be далучы́цца (to come into the company of) · uk вступа́ти (to become a member of) · eo aliĝi (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · es unir (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ka გაერთიანება (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pl przystępować (to become a member of) · eo aniĝi (to become a member of) · ja 加入する (to become a member of) · tr birleştirmek (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sh spajati (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ru вступи́ть (to become a member of) · hy միանալ (to come together; to meet) · pl połączyć (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pl łączyć się (to come together; to meet) · mi whakatapoko (to come into the company of) · hy միանալ (to come into the company of) · ja 加盟する (to become a member of) · it giuntare (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pt unir (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ca ingressar (to become a member of) · ru соедини́ть (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · tr katılmak (to become a member of) · be далуча́цца (to come into the company of) · ja 同伴する (to come into the company of) · de verknüpfen (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · la coniungō (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · bg съединя́вам (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sl pridružiti se (to come into the company of) · fa پیوستن (to become a member of) · eo aliĝi (to become a member of) · mk здружува (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · mww koom (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · cs připojit se (to become a member of) · az qatılmaq (to become a member of) · de anschließen (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · cmn 參加 /参加 (to come into the company of) · ka წევრად შესვლა (to become a member of) · az qovuşdurmaq (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · he הִצְטָרֵף (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sk spájať sa (to come together; to meet) · it aderire (to become a member of) · bg присъединя́вам се (to come into the company of) · lv savienoties (to come together; to meet) · ka შემოერთება (to come into the company of) · pt juntar-se (to come together; to meet) · lv apvienot (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · la iungō (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · fr se joindre (to become a member of) · be прылуча́цца (to come into the company of) · gl xuntar (to come into the company of) · sk spojiť (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · sl pristopiti (to become a member of) · ko 참가하다 (to become a member of) · ja 加わる (to become a member of) · lv vienoties (to come together; to meet) · uk об'єдна́тися (to come together; to meet) · ru скреплять (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · mk спои (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · nl toetreden (to become a member of) · ja 合流する (to come together; to meet) · uk з'є́днуватися (to come together; to meet) · it incontrare (to come together; to meet) · es uñir (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · bg ста́вам член (to become a member of) · ka შეერთება (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · es yuntar (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · pl dołączać się (to come into the company of) · pl dołączyć się (to come into the company of) · tr birleşmek (to come together; to meet) · qu huñuy (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · fi kohdata (to come together; to meet) · ru присоедини́ться (to come into the company of) · lt įstoti (to become a member of) · sv slå samman (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · mr जोडणे (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · fi liittyä (to come into the company of) · nrf joindre (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · az üzv olmaq (to become a member of) · es empalmar (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · ru соедини́ться (to come together; to meet) · bg съединя́ се (to come together; to meet) · ru вступа́ть (to become a member of) · eo aligi (to combine more than one item into one; to put together) · cs spojovat se (to come together; to meet) · sk spojovať sa (to come together; to meet) · it aggregarsi (to come into the company of) · sv foga samman (to combine more than one item into one; to put together)