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# conjoin

«conjoin» in Mova's school dictionary: **To join or combine two or more things together into one:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (conjoin, conjoins, conjoined, conjoining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To join or combine two or more things together into one: «two ideas conjoined». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conjoin/#m1)

2) Conjoined twins: twins who are born with their bodies joined together at some part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conjoin/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

It is a rare, formal word. Pupils mostly meet it in science or news as «conjoined twins», who sometimes have operations to separate them. In grammar, words that join ideas are called «conjunctions» (and, but, because), which comes from the same root. Phrases: «conjoined twins», «conjoined with».

### examples

- The two rivers conjoin just below the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conjoin/#x1)
- Conjoined twins share part of their body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conjoin/#x2)
- Surgeons spent hours separating the conjoined twins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conjoin/#x3)
- In the poem, joy and sadness are conjoined. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conjoin/#x4)
- The two villages conjoined to make one town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conjoin/#x5)
- The ancient symbol shows two circles conjoined. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conjoin/#x6)

### note

Formal and rare; in everyday speech say «join» or «combine». Past form: conjoined. The older term «Siamese twins» is now replaced by «conjoined twins» because it is considered outdated. Related grammar word: «conjunction».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conjoin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conjoin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.