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Joining   /dʒˈɔɪnɪŋ/   Listen
Joining

noun
1.
The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication).  Synonyms: connection, connexion.  "There was a connection via the internet"


Join

verb
(past & past part. joined; pres. part. joining)
1.
Become part of; become a member of a group or organization.  Synonyms: fall in, get together.
2.
Cause to become joined or linked.  Synonym: bring together.
3.
Come into the company of.
4.
Make contact or come together.  Synonym: conjoin.
5.
Be or become joined or united or linked.  Synonyms: connect, link, link up, unite.  "Our paths joined" , "The travelers linked up again at the airport"



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"Joining" Quotes from Famous Books



... like dry grass burning up a hill'. Despite the kindness of Governor Pickens the slaves were happy to claim their new-found freedom. Some of them even ran away to join the Northern armies before they were officially freed. Some attempted to show their loyalty to their old owners by joining the southern armies, but in this section they were not ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Florida Narratives • Works Projects Administration
... afraid of Kames's Law Tracts. The man might as well think of making a fine sauce by a mixture of wormwood and aloes as an agreeable combination by joining metaphysics and Scottish law. However, the book, I believe, has merit, though few people ever take the pains of inquiring into it. But to return to your book and its success in this town. I ...
— Life of Adam Smith • John Rae
... the droplets begin to touch each other and to stick together. Little by little the drops grow bigger by joining together. Pretty soon they get so big and heavy that they can no longer float high in the air, and they fall ...
— Common Science • Carleton W. Washburne
... the evenings he spent there had done more to renew his home-sickness, and made him half mad after the sight or sound of us, than anything else had done, and I got him to promise to come and see us when we are settled in the bush. What should you say to joining him in ostrich-hatching? or would it be ministering too much to the vanities of the world? However, I'll do something to get him cleared, if it comes to an appeal to old Moy himself, when I come home. Meantime, remember, you are not at liberty ...
— The Three Brides • Charlotte M. Yonge
... know what you understand its meaning to be. Of course I have my opinion, which I think of communicating to the Wordsworth Society. You can belong to that Society for the small sum of 2/6 per annum. I think of joining because ...
— Samuel Butler: A Sketch • Henry Festing Jones


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