verb “join”
infinitive join; he joins; past tense joined; past part. joined; ger. joining
- to connect or combine two or more things into one
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She joined the pieces of the puzzle, revealing a beautiful landscape.
- to come together or meet at a point
The two rivers join just north of the city.
- to become a member of a group, organization, or community
She decided to join the local library to borrow books for free.
- to come into the company of someone, often to participate in an activity together
She joined her friends at the cafe for lunch.
- in computing and databases, to combine data from two or more tables based on a related column between them
We joined the Sales table with the Inventory table to get a report on products sold and remaining stock.
noun “join”
singular join, plural joins or uncountable
- a place where two or more things, such as pipes or wires, are connected
The plumber worked carefully to ensure the joins between the pipes were secure to prevent any leaks.
- in computing and databases, the result of combining data from two or more tables based on a related column
To get a list of all employees and their departments, we used a join between the Employee and Department tables.
- in algebra, the operation that finds the lowest common element that is greater than or equal to two given elements in a lattice
In the lattice of integers under division, the join of 4 and 6 is 12, since 12 is the smallest integer that is divisible by both 4 and 6.