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join

  [join]
Use joins in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
2. to come into contact or union with: The brook joins the river.
3. to bring together in a particular relation or for a specific purpose, action, etc.; unite: to join forces against the smugglers.
4. to become a member of (an organization, party, etc.): to join a club.
5. to enlist in (one of the armed forces): to join the Navy.
6. to come into the company of; meet or accompany: I'll join you later.
7. to participate with (someone) in some act or activity: My wife joins me in thanking you for the gift.
8. to unite in marriage.
9. to meet or engage in (battle, conflict, etc.): The opposing armies joined battle.
10. to adjoin; meet: His land joins mine.
11. to draw a curve or straight line between: to join two points on a graph.
–verb (used without object)
12. to come into or be in contact or connection: a place where cliffs and sea join.
13. to become united, associated, or combined; associate or ally oneself; participate (usually fol. by with): Please join with us in our campaign.
14. to take part with others (often fol. by in): Let's all join in.
15. to be contiguous or close; lie or come together; form a junction: Our farms join along the river.
16. to enlist in one of the armed forces (often fol. by up): He joined up to fight for his country.
17. to meet in battle or conflict.
–noun
18. a joining.
19. a place or line of joining; seam.
20. Mathematics. union (def. 10a).
Origin:
1250–1300; ME joinen < OF joign- (s. of joindre to join) < L jungere to yoke, join

Related forms:
join⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. link, couple, fasten, attach; conjoin, combine; associate, consolidate, amalgamate. Join, connect, unite all imply bringing two or more things together more or less closely. Join may refer to a connection or association of any degree of closeness, but often implies direct contact: One joins the corners of a mortise together. Connect implies a joining as by a tie, link, or wire: One connects two batteries. Unite implies a close joining of two or more things, so as to form one: One unites layers of veneer sheets to form plywood. 10. abut, border.

Antonyms:
1, 12. separate, divide.

un⋅ion

  [yoon-yuhn]
–noun
1. the act of uniting two or more things.
2. the state of being united.
3. something formed by uniting two or more things; combination.
4. a number of persons, states, etc., joined or associated together for some common purpose: student union; credit union.
5. a group of states or nations united into one political body, as that of the American colonies at the time of the Revolution, that of England and Scotland in 1707, or that of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
6. the Union. the United States: The Union defeated the Confederacy in 1865.
7. a device emblematic of union, used in a flag or ensign, sometimes occupying the upper corner next to the staff or occupying the entire field.
8. the act of uniting or an instance of being united in marriage or sexual intercourse: an ideal union; an illicit union.
9. an organization of workers; a labor union.
10. Mathematics.
a. Also called join, logical sum, sum. the set consisting of elements each of which is in at least one of two or more given sets. Symbol: ∪
b. the least upper bound of two elements in a lattice.
11. the process or result of merging or integration of disjoined, severed, or fractured elements, as the healing of a wound or broken bone, the growing together of the parts in a plant graft, the fusion of pieces in a welding process, or the like.
12. the junction or location at which the merging process has taken place.
13. any of various contrivances for connecting parts of machinery or the like.
14. Textiles.
a. a fabric of two kinds of yarn.
b. a yarn of two or more fibers.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF < LL ūniōn- (s. of ūniō), equiv. to L ūn(us) one + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1. Union, unity agree in referring to a oneness, either created by putting together, or by being undivided. A union is a state of being united, a combination, as the result of joining two or more things into one: to promote the union between two families; the Union of England and Scotland. Unity is the state or inherent quality of being one, single, individual, and indivisible (often as a consequence of union): to find unity in diversity; to give unity to a work of art. 5. See alliance. 8. wedlock; liaison.

Antonyms:
1, 2. separation, division.
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join   (join)   
v.   joined, join·ing, joins

v.   tr.

  1. To put or bring together so as to make continuous or form a unit: join two boards with nails; joined hands in a circle.

  2. To put or bring into close association or relationship: two families that were joined by marriage; join forces.

  3. To connect (points), as with a straight line.

  4. To meet and merge with: where the creek joins the river.

  5. To become a part or member of: joined the photography club.

  6. To come into the company of: joined the group in the waiting room.

  7. To participate with in an act or activity: The committee joins me in welcoming you.

  8. To adjoin.

  9. To engage in; enter into: Opposing armies joined battle on the plain.

v.   intr.

  1. To come together so as to form a connection: where the two bones join.

  2. To act together; form an alliance: The two factions joined to oppose the measure.

  3. To become a member of a group.

  4. To take part; participate: joined in the search.

n.  A joint; a junction.

[Middle English joinen, from Old French joindre, joign-, join-, from Latin iungere; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to fasten or affix or become fastened or affixed. Join applies to the physical contact or union of at least two separate things and to the coming together of persons, as into a group: The children joined hands. The two armies joined together to face a common enemy. "Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work" (Susan B. Anthony).
Combine suggests the mixing or merging of components, often for a specific purpose: The cook combined various ingredients. "When bad men combine, the good must associate" (Edmund Burke).
Unite stresses the coherence or oneness of the persons or things joined: The volunteers united to prevent their town from flooding. The strike united the oppressed workers.
Link and connect imply a firm attachment in which individual components nevertheless retain their identities: The study linked the high crime rate to unemployment. The reporter connected the police chief to the scandal.
Relate refers to connection of persons through marriage or kinship (Although we share a surname, she and I are not related) or of things through logical association (The two events were directly related). Associate usually implies a relationship of persons as partners or allies: My children are associated with me in the family business.
It can also refer to a relationship of things that are similar or complementary or that have a connection in one's thoughts: I associate the beach with pleasant memories of summer.
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Cultural Dictionary

Union

The United States; especially the northern states during the Civil War, which remained with the original United States government. (Compare Confederacy.)

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Word Origin & History

union 
1410, "action of joining one thing to another," from O.Fr. union (12c.), from L.L. unionem (nom. unio) "oneness, unity, a uniting," also in L. meaning "a single pearl or onion," from unus "one," from PIE *oinos (see one). Sense of "action of uniting into one political body" is attested from 1547. Meaning "group of people or states" is from 1660. Short for trade union, it is recorded from 1833. U.S. political sense is attested from 1775; used especially during the Civil War, in ref. to the remainder of the United States after the Southern secession. Unionize "make into a union" is attested from 1841.

join 
1297, from O.Fr. joindre, from L. jungere "to join, yoke," from PIE *yeug- "to join, unite" (see jugular). A joiner (1386) was a craftsman who did lighter and more ornamental work than a carpenter. Join up "enlist in the army" is from 1916. Phrase if you can't beat them, join them is from 1955. Out of joint in the fig. sense is from 1415.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: join
Function: transitive verb
1 : to unite so as to form one unit <join the claims in one action>
2 a : to align oneself with esp. in a legal matter joined her husband as plaintiff> b : to cause or order (a person) to become a party to a lawsuit joined, the court shall order that the person be made a party —Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 19(a)> —compare CONSOLIDATE, IMPLEAD, INTERPLEAD, INTERVENE c : to enter into or participate in <join the suit> intransitive verb 1 : to come together so as to form a unit joined in the suit>
2 : to commence involvement or participation join as a plaintiff but refuses to do so, the person may be made a defendant, or…an involuntary plaintiff —Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 19(a)> —join·able adjective —join issue or join the issue 1 : to accept, fix on, or clearly define an issue as the subject of a legal dispute join issue by filing an answer with the court>
2 : to take an opposed position on some question <join issue with the conclusion>

Main Entry: union
Function: noun
1 : an act or instance of uniting or joining two or more things into one; especially : the formation of a single political unit from two or more separate and individual units
2 : something that is made one : something formed by a combining or coalition of its members: as a : a confederation of independent individuals (as nations or persons) for some common purpose b : a political unit constituting an organic whole formed usually from previously independent units (as England and Scotland in 1707) which have surrendered their principal powers to the government of the whole or to a newly created government (as the U.S. in 1789) c : LABOR UNION
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: union
Pronunciation: 'yü-ny&n
Function: noun
: an act or instance of uniting or joining two or more things into one: as a : the growing together of severed parts <union of a fractured bone> b : a chemical combination : BOND c : the joining of two germ cells in the process of fertilization
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Medical Dictionary

union un·ion (y&oomacr;n'yən)
n.

  1. The joining or amalgamation of two or more bodies.

  2. The structural adhesion of the edges of a wound.

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