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join
A	noun
	1	union, sum, join
			a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚collection; aggregation; accumulation; assemblage ╚set ╚union, sum, join ╚direct sum
	2	articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction
			the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚connection; connexion; link ╚articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction ╚esophagogastric junction; oesophagogastric junction
B	verb
	1	join, conjoin
			make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚join, conjoin ╚patch; piece ╚splice ╚splice ╚graft; engraft; ingraft ╚yoke ╚copulate; mate; pair; couple ╚anastomose; inosculate ╚cross-link ╚attach ╚feather ╚grow together
	2	join, bring together
			cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚join, bring together ╚mortice; mortise ╚match ╚match; mate; couple; pair; twin ╚anastomose; inosculate ╚close ╚miter ╚connect ╚connect ╚ankylose; ancylose
	3	join, fall in, get together
			become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man"

	4	join
			come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink"

	5	connect, link, link up, join, unite
			be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"

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