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# join

«join» in Mova's school dictionary: **to put or fix them together: join two ropes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (join, joins, joined, joining); noun (a join, joins — the place where two things meet)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To join things is to put or fix them together: join two ropes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#m1)

2) To join a group, club or team is to become a member of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#m2)

3) To join someone is to come and be with them: Can I join you? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#m3)

4) To join in is to take part in something others are doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#m4)

5) A join is the place where two pieces meet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, an action that adds: people join a group, pieces are joined end to end (lengths add); «join the dots» to draw a shape; join two points with a straight line. In everyday life: join a club, join the queue, join in a game. In stories, a new friend joins the adventure. Phrases: «join in», «join up», «join the dots», «join hands», «join forces».

### examples

- 5 more children join the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x1)
- He joins 3 ropes of 2 m each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x2)
- 4 birds joined the 7 on the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x3)
- How many are in the club after 6 join? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x4)
- Can I join in? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x5)
- She joined the swimming club last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x6)
- Join the dots to draw a star. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x7)
- Join the two points with a ruler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x8)
- Everyone joined hands in a circle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x9)
- You can hardly see the join in the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x10)
- He joined a caravan and set out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/join/#x11)

### note

Past: joined. You join a club (no «to»): «join the club», not «join to the club». Joining means add. Trap: in a story about leaving and joining, add those who join and take away those who leave. Joining ropes end to end adds their lengths (3 × 2 m = 6 m); knots may use some of the rope if the story says so.

### In the corpora

- [To isolate a part means to practise one small bit on its own, then join it back to the bars around it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/14/)
- [At parties dancing is about fun, not looking cool, and joining a group is the easiest way in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/15/)
- [Bricks that overlap the joins, like a real brick wall, make a much stronger tower than bricks stacked straight up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/9/)
- [The trunk is the elephant's nose and upper lip joined together and grown very long.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/5/)
- [The wishbone is two collarbones joined together; T. rex and Velociraptor had wishbones too, long before birds flew.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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