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join

verb

1 the two parts of the mould are joined with clay:

connect, unite, fix, affix, attach, add, annex, fasten, stick, glue, fuse, knit, weld, amalgamate, consolidate, combine, bond, append, link, bridge, secure, lock, make fast, tie, bind, string, lash, couple, marry, pair, yoke, team, chain, merge, dovetail, splice, blend;

formal conjoin.

▷antonyms separate.

2 here the path joins a major road:

meet, touch, reach, extend to, abut, adjoin, border (on), converge (with);

rejoin.

▷antonyms leave.

3 I'm off to join the search party:

become a member of, help in, participate in, join in, get involved in, contribute to, have a hand in;

enlist (in), join up (with), sign up (with), affiliate to, team up (with), join forces (with), play a part (in);

band together, get together, ally.

▷antonyms leave.

□ join up

he joined up in 1939, becoming an RAF officer:

enlist, join;

enrol in, sign up for, volunteer for;

British, archaic take the King's shilling.

noun

a previous owner sealed the join between the bathtub and the wall with putty:

joint, junction, juncture, intersection, link, linkage, connection, nexus;

weld, knot, seam;

coupling, coupler;

bracket, brace, hinge;

Anatomy commissure, suture.

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