Meaning of join In English

• 0 to connect or fasten things together:

  • A long suspension bridge joins the two islands.

  • Join the two pieces together using strong glue.

  • The island is joined to the mainland by a road bridge.

  • If you join (up) the dots on the paper, you'll get a picture.

  • The A11 joins the M11 south of Cambridge.

  • The River Murray and the River Darling join east of Adelaide.

• 1 to get involved in an activity or journey with another person or group:

  • I don't have time for a drink now, but I'll join you later.

  • Why don't you ask your sister if she would like to join us for supper?

  • We took the ferry across the Channel and then joined (= got on) the Paris train at Calais.

  • If you're buying tickets, please join the queue (= stand at the end of it).

  • I'm sure everyone will join me in wishing you a very happy retirement (= everyone else will do this too).

  • The police have joined with (= they have begun to work with) the Drug Enforcement Agency in trying to catch major drug traffickers.

  • The design company is planning to join up with a shoe manufacturer and create a new line of footwear.

• 2 to become a member of an organization:

  • I felt so unfit after Christmas that I decided to join a gym.

  • It's a great club. Why don't you join?

  • When I leave school at the end of this month, I'll probably have to join the ranks of the unemployed.

• 3 a place where two things meet or are fastened together:

  • She'd stitched the two pieces together really carefully so that you couldn't see the join.

• 4 to do something with or be with someone or something:

  • [ T ] Why don’t you ask your sister if she would like to join us for dinner?

  • [ T ] I’m sure everyone will join me in wishing you a very happy birthday.

  • [ I ] Won’t you join with us in planning the party?

• 5 to become a member of an organization:

  • [ T ] I’ve decided to join a gym.

  • [ I ] It’s a great club – why don’t you join?

• 6 to cause something to be attached or fastened to another thing, or to bring two or more things together in this way; connect:

  • [ T ] A long suspension bridge joins the island with the mainland.

  • [ I ] The Missouri River and Mississippi River join north of St. Louis.

  • This folk dance begins with everyone joining hands to form a circle.

• 7 to connect or fasten two or more things together:

  • join sth to sth Small screws are used to join the front panel to the sides.

  • join sth together The pieces are joined together with glue.

• 8 to become a member of a club, etc., or to start working for a company or an organization:

  • Have you joined the pension plan?

  • I joined the company immediately after college.

• 9 to get involved in an activity with another person or group:

  • join sb for sth Will you join us for dinner?

  • join sb in doing sth I'm sure everyone will join me in wishing James a very happy retirement.

• 10 to get on a bus, train, or plane:

  • Passengers who joined at Manchester should have their tickets ready for inspection.

• 11 to connect two things or ideas in order to produce something new, or to show the relationship between different things:

  • We need to join the dots between our current products and the needs of this new market.

• 12 to act with somebody else in order to do something:

  • The two companies have joined forces to make the Web applications available to a wider public.

• 13 a place where two things meet or are connected together:

  • Oil is leaking out at the join between the two pipes.