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 →

2) To join a group, club or team is to become a member of it. tree →

3) To join someone is to come and be with them: Can I join you? tree →

4) To join in is to take part in something others are doing. tree →

5) A join is the place where two pieces meet. tree →

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 →
• He joins 3 ropes of 2 m each. tree →
• 4 birds joined the 7 on the fence. tree →
• How many are in the club after 6 join? tree →
• Can I join in? tree →
• She joined the swimming club last year. tree →
• Join the dots to draw a star. tree →
• Join the two points with a ruler. tree →
• Everyone joined hands in a circle. tree →
• You can hardly see the join in the wood. tree →
• He joined a caravan and set out. tree →

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.
• At parties dancing is about fun, not looking cool, and joining a group is the easiest way in.
• Bricks that overlap the joins, like a real brick wall, make a much stronger tower than bricks stacked straight up.
• The trunk is the elephant's nose and upper lip joined together and grown very long.
• The wishbone is two collarbones joined together; T. rex and Velociraptor had wishbones too, long before birds flew.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «join» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.