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1. The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
   "the joining of hands around the table";
   - connection, connexion [Brit]

1. Make contact or come together
   "The two roads join here";
   - conjoin [formal]
    
2. Cause to become joined or linked
   "join these two parts so that they fit together"
    
3. Become part of; become a member of a group or organization
   "He joined the Communist Party as a young man";
   - fall in, get together
    
4. Come into the company of
   "She joined him for a drink"
    
5. Be or become joined or united or linked
   "Our paths joined";
   - connect, link, link up, unite

Derived forms: joinings

Type of: change of integrity, connect, link, link up, tie

Antonym: disjoin

Encyclopedia: Joining