join
join Lexical Profile
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• verb
To link, connect, or fasten two or more things together so that they become united or continuous.
"The new suspension bridge will join the island to the mainland."
To become a member, employee, or participant of a group, club, organization, or company.
"She decided to join the local astronomy club during her first semester at university."
To come into the company of someone or take part in a shared activity with others.
"Would you like to join us for coffee after the lecture?"
To meet, intersect, or flow together into a single body or course (especially of rivers, roads, or paths).
"The mountain trail winds through the forest before it joins the main highway near the valley."
• noun
A place, line, or point where two or more parts are connected or fastened together; a seam or joint.
"The carpenter sanded the wooden tabletop until the join between the planks was completely invisible."
An operation in relational databases that combines columns from two or more tables based on a related field between them.
"The data analyst wrote a query using an inner join to match customer records with their recent orders."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English joinen, borrowed from Old French joindre ('to unite, connect'), which derives from Latin iungere ('to yoke together, bind, or unite').