conjoin Definition
con·join (kən jo̵in′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to join together; unite; combine
Etymology: ME conjoinen < OFr conjoindre < L conjungere < com-, together + jungere, join
conjoin Usage Examples
Object
- twin: We query the urge to make conjoined twins conform to societal norms.
- fragment: Some weights had exploded, for example, Find no 6073 which is represented by 117 conjoining fragments.
- appeal: The House of Lords so held in two conjoined appeals.
- phrase: This makes it possible to search inside a conjoined phrase as if it wasn't conjoined.
- case: The ECJ hearing three conjoined cases has essentially ruled that rolled-up holiday pay is on the face of it unlawful.
- head: In 1673 he had a grant of arms: Azure, three saracen '5 heads conjoined on one neck Argent.
Preposition: with
- colon: The session name and stream name are expected to be conjoined with a colon ( : ).
- body: Kahlo's head is conjoined with the body of a stag, which is pierced with arrows.
- thing: To be conjoined with things we dislike, to be separated from things we like that also is dukkha.
Adjective complement
- twin: At the vegetarian cooperative shop Rhea persuades conjoined twin Di that they should build bridges with next door butcher Mr Morrissey.
- argent: BARNSTAPLE TOWN COUNCIL ARMS: Gules a Castle of three towers conjoined Argent the center tower larger than the others.
Modifying Another Word
- not: She was pious enough, but her media was not conjoined with the spectactular mystical accomplishments of the Llandderfel woman.
- closely: They are closely conjoined, since they arise at the same base, share the same object and fall away together.
- so: For them Church and King were so conjoined as to be almost one word.
- intimately: As Flusser suggests, within the technical image, art, politics and science are intimately conjoined ( 2000: 19 ).
- all: A few days later on May 10th, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus all conjoined over it.
Preposition: in
base: In the language of heraldry; An Annulet ensigned with a cross pattée, and interlaced with a Saltire conjoined in base.
Browse dictionary entries near conjoin
- ‹ conjecture
- ‹ conjectural
- ‹ conj
- ‹ conium
- ‹ coniine
- ‹ coniferous
- ‹ conifer
- ‹ conidium
- ‹ conidiophore
- ‹ conidial

