join
/ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe."
- "We joined our efforts to get an even better result."
- "Parallel lines never join."
- "These two rivers join in about 80 miles."
- "Forſake thy king and do but ioyne with me And we will triumph ouer al the world."
- "[…]Nature and Fortune ioyn’d to make thee great."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *yewg-, joinen, joindre, iungō
Usage
Inflected Forms
joins (present, singular)
joining (participle, present)
joined (past)
joined (participle, past)
joint (archaic, participle)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
joined (first person, past)
joinest (archaic, present)
joined (past, second person)
joinedst (archaic, past)
joineth (archaic, present)