join
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,527 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 45,268 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- become part of; become a member of a group or organization also: fall in, get together He joined the Communist Party as a young man
- cause to become joined or linked join these two parts so that they fit together
- come into the company of She joined him for a drink
- make contact or come together also: conjoin The two roads join here
- be or become joined or united or linked also: connect, link, link up, unite The two streets connect to become a highwayOur paths joined
noun
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made also: articulation, joint, juncture, junction
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets also: union, sum let C be the union of the sets A and B
join in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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We join the yacht at Rothesay--you can meet us there.
The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance · Marie Corelli · Chapter 1
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So it was perhaps natural that he should join the Sampson Brothers' Show.
Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater · Vance Barnum · Chapter 1
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When the two armies were collected together the Bat hesitated which to join.
The Wind and the Sun (Second Parable) · Aesop · Chapter 1
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The youngest of the girls, Kristen Ravn, presently became less eager to join in these expeditions.
Absalom's Hair · Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson · Chapter 1
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No doubt he knew nothing of this other party who were to join the Cresslers in the vestibule.
The pit · Frank Norris · Chapter 1