Antonyms for join


Grammar : Verb
Spell : join
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɔɪn


Definition of join

Origin :
  • c.1300, from stem of Old French joindre "join, connect, unite; have sexual intercourse with" (12c.), from Latin iungere "to join together, unite, yoke," from PIE *yeug- "to join, unite" (see jugular). Related: Joined; joining. In Middle English, join sometimes is short for enjoin. Join up "enlist in the army" is from 1916. Phrase if you can't beat them, join them is from 1953.
  • verb unite
  • verb affiliate with organization
  • verb touch; border on
Example sentences :
  • The brothers must be on the watch, and ready to join her at a moment's warning.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • But if I join to you, I'll have to meet him sooner or later.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He is having a feast of Marennes and he asks me to join him.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • When the news had spread, others came to join him, and he could not refuse.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He next whispered to him, and (as Dicky says) invited him to join them.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • All persons who will not join you you will take prisoners and bring to me.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • She was asked to join a small class that was studying French at night.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • That is why he wished me to join the Koshare, for then he will be my Head, and without his leave I can do nothing.'
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Now, however, after all these years, he sent for his son to join him.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • He urged them to rise and join in the destruction of the white invaders.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Synonyms for join

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