transitive verb
- to put or bring together; connect; fasten
- to make into one; unite: join forces, join people in marriage
- to become a part or member of; enter into association with: to join a club
- to go to and combine with: the path joins the highway
- to enter into the company of; accompany: join us later
- to participate or take part with: they join me in congratulating you
- Informal to adjoin
- Geom. to connect with a straight line or curve
Origin:
ME joinen < OFr joindre < L jungere, to bind together, yoke
noun
a place of joining; joint