join

Meanings

Noun

• An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
• An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
• The act of joining something, such as a network.
• The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.

Verb

• To connect or combine into one; to put together.
• To come together; to meet.
• To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.
• To come into the company of.
• To become a member of.
• To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
• To unite in marriage.
• To enjoin upon; to command.
• To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

Related

Opposite words

• meet

Narrower meaning words

• ANSI join
• antijoin
• autojoin
• cross join
• equijoin
• explicit join
• full join
• hash join
• implicit join
• inner join
• left join
• natural join
• outer join
• right join
• self join
• semijoin
• straight join
• theta join

Origin

• From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iungō, from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-. Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ġeocian, ġyċċan. More at yoke.