join
♦♦♦ join /dʒ'ɔɪn/ (joins joining joined)
1 [VERB] V n
If one person or vehicle joins another, they move or go to the same place, for example so that both of them can do something together.
His wife and children moved to join him in their new home...
2 [VERB] V n
If you join an organization, you become a member of it or start work as an employee of it.
He joined the Army five years ago...
3 [VERB] V n, V n in n/-ing, V in -ing
If you join an activity that other people are doing, you take part in it or become involved with it.
Telephone operators joined the strike and four million engineering workers are also planning action...
The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer...
Private contractors joined in condemning the Government's stance.
4 [VERB] V n
If you join a queue, you stand at the end of it so that you are part of it.
Make sure you join the queue inside the bank.
5 [VERB] V pl-n, V n prep/adv
To join two things means to fix or fasten them together.
The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain.
...the conjunctiva, the skin which joins the eye to the lid.
6 [VERB] V pl-n, V-ing
If something such as a line or path joins two things, it connects them.
It has a dormer roof joining both gable ends...
...a global highway of cables joining all the continents together.
7 [V-RECIP] V n, pl-n V
If two roads or rivers join, they meet or come together at a particular point.
Do you know the highway to Tulsa? The airport road joins it.
...Allahabad, where the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers join.
8 [N-COUNT]
A join is a place where two things are fastened or fixed together.
9
join forces: see force
to join the ranks: see rankjoin in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n, V P
If you join in an activity, you take part in it or become involved in it.
I hope that everyone will be able to join in the fun...
He started to sing and I joined in.join up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P
If someone joins up, they become a member of the army, the navy, or the air force.
When hostilities broke out he returned to England and joined up.
= enlist
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P with n, pl-n V P
If one person or organization joins up with another, they start doing something together.
Councils are joining up with their European counterparts...
They began to join up in communities.
= get together, link up
1 [VERB] V n
If one person or vehicle joins another, they move or go to the same place, for example so that both of them can do something together.
His wife and children moved to join him in their new home...
2 [VERB] V n
If you join an organization, you become a member of it or start work as an employee of it.
He joined the Army five years ago...
3 [VERB] V n, V n in n/-ing, V in -ing
If you join an activity that other people are doing, you take part in it or become involved with it.
Telephone operators joined the strike and four million engineering workers are also planning action...
The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer...
Private contractors joined in condemning the Government's stance.
4 [VERB] V n
If you join a queue, you stand at the end of it so that you are part of it.
Make sure you join the queue inside the bank.
5 [VERB] V pl-n, V n prep/adv
To join two things means to fix or fasten them together.
The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain.
...the conjunctiva, the skin which joins the eye to the lid.
6 [VERB] V pl-n, V-ing
If something such as a line or path joins two things, it connects them.
It has a dormer roof joining both gable ends...
...a global highway of cables joining all the continents together.
7 [V-RECIP] V n, pl-n V
If two roads or rivers join, they meet or come together at a particular point.
Do you know the highway to Tulsa? The airport road joins it.
...Allahabad, where the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers join.
8 [N-COUNT]
A join is a place where two things are fastened or fixed together.
9
join forces: see force
to join the ranks: see rankjoin in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n, V P
If you join in an activity, you take part in it or become involved in it.
I hope that everyone will be able to join in the fun...
He started to sing and I joined in.join up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P
If someone joins up, they become a member of the army, the navy, or the air force.
When hostilities broke out he returned to England and joined up.
= enlist
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P with n, pl-n V P
If one person or organization joins up with another, they start doing something together.
Councils are joining up with their European counterparts...
They began to join up in communities.
= get together, link up