join

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
  2. noun a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
  3. verb become part of; become a member of a group or organization

Etymology

From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.

In classic literature

Synonyms

articulation, joint, juncture, junction

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