join

Less common meanings

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   nouncountable

   A place or line where two things are joined together, such as pieces of material, pipes, or wires; a junction.

   A neat join in the wallpaper is almost impossible to spot.

   The crack appeared right at the join of the two slabs.

   UsageOften the join between two pieces or the join of two slabs; a neat join.

   Similarjoint, seam, junction

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   network connectionnouncountable

   The act of connecting to or becoming part of something, such as a network.

   A failed join left the laptop offline for several minutes.

   The router logs every join to the wireless network.

   Similarconnection

   Note

   Network administration turns the verb into a noun for the event of connecting: a device performs a join, and a join can succeed or fail. The noun combines freely with what is joined. Dustin Hannifin's Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administrator's Reference (2010), for instance, describes "the offline domain join" as a three-step process. Source

   Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 3 facts

   • Dustin Hannifin is an author of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administrator's Reference. booksite.elsevier.com
   • The book was first published in 2010. shop.elsevier.com
   • The book uses the quoted phrase and describes offline domain join as a three-step process. en.wiktionary.org
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   link tablesverbtransitive

   To combine rows from two or more database tables, usually by matching values in related columns.

   You can join the orders table to the products table on the product ID.

   Analysts joined the two datasets to find overlapping records.

   UsageYou join one table to another on a column: join orders to products on the product ID.

   Note

   A database term in which tables are matched rather than simply stacked: rows from each are paired wherever a chosen column holds related values. The result can show, for example, each customer's name beside the products they ordered. Source

   Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 1 fact

   • Database joins combine rows from different tables according to a matching condition. postgresql.org
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   query operationnouncountable

   A database operation, or its result, that combines rows from two or more tables, usually by matching values in related columns.

   The query used a join across the orders and customers tables.

   Each additional join increased the report's running time.

   Note

   Here the matching done by the database verb becomes a countable thing. A query can contain one join or several, each named by the tables it spans, as in a join across the orders and customers tables. Because joins can ask the database to do more matching, each one added can lengthen a report's running time. Source

   Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts

   • Some joins can be eliminated by the query optimizer, so an added join does not necessarily require additional matching. sqlite.org
   • An added join can increase a report query's running time. postgresql.org
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    marryverbtransitive

    To unite two people in marriage.

    An old family friend agreed to join the two of them in marriage.

    The minister joined the bride and groom before a hundred guests.

    UsageUsually join two people in marriage, often in the passive: they were joined.

    Similarmarry, wed, unite

    Note

    The marriage sense carries the weight of liturgy. Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer of 1549 speaks of two persons come "to be joined," and the King James Bible of 1611 gives the formula "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." In As You Like It, Jaques jokes that a poor officiant will join a couple "as they join wainscot," borrowing the carpenter's sense. Source

    Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 6 facts

    • Thomas Cranmer was responsible for drafting the Book of Common Prayer. parliament.uk
    • The Book of Common Prayer was first published in 1549. en.wikipedia.org
    • The 1549 marriage service describes two persons coming 'to be joined', with spelling modernized in the item. justus.anglican.org
    • The King James Bible was first published in 1611. emuseum.toledomuseum.org
    • The quoted formula appears in the King James Bible, with spelling modernized in the item. kingjamesbibleonline.org
    • Jaques speaks the joke, comparing an officiant's joining of a couple to joining wooden panels. folger.edu
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    verbobsolete

    To lay a command upon someone; to impose a duty as a charge.

    And they ioyne them penaunce / as they call it / to faſt / to goo pylgremages ⁊ geve ſo moch to make ſatiſfaccion with all.

    1528, William Tyndale, “Anoylynge”

    Note

    Modern English says enjoin where this obsolete, rare sense said join. In 1528 Tyndale wrote of those who "join them penance," laying fasting and pilgrimage on the penitent, with two objects: join someone a duty. Source

    Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 4 facts

    • Join has an obsolete, rare sense meaning enjoin or command. en.wiktionary.org
    • The Tyndale work containing the quotation was published in 1528. en.wikipedia.org
    • Tyndale used “join them penance”, in modernized spelling, when describing imposed fasting and pilgrimages. godrules.net
    • The example has a recipient object and a duty object: them and penance. godrules.net
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    noun

    The least upper bound of a pair of elements in a lattice, written with the symbol ∨.