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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



... sorry a scoundrel as ever led troops to battle. Truly," says he, musing, "the Lord often makes queer choice in his instruments for good." And he lowered himself into the easy chair and crossed his legs, regarding me very comically. "What's this I hear of your joining the burghers and barristers, and trouncing poor Mr. Fairbrother and his flock, and crying 'Liberty forever!' in the very ears of the law?" he asks. "His Majesty will have need of such lads as you, I make no doubt, and should such proceedings ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... it. I kept right on running. Before me by a couple of hundred yards was a thicket of trees; I headed that way fast. I managed to sling a dig back; Marian was joining the others; pointing in my direction. One of them raised the rifle but she knocked ...
— Highways in Hiding • George Oliver Smith
... which they had sent, at Stoddard's request, for signature, and which they supposed from the date, must be lying with his other mail. A boyhood friend telegraphed his intention of coming down from Massachusetts and joining the searchers. Stoddard had no near relatives. A grand-aunt, living in Boston, telegraphed to Mr. Hardwick to see ...
— The Power and the Glory • Grace MacGowan Cooke
... pleasing quality in the book is its open-air flavor. Here is yet another young author, and one of the most promising, joining the healthy revolt against the workshops. Though for my sins I have to write criticism now and then, and use the language of the workshops, I may claim to be one of the rebels, having chosen to pitch a small tent far from cities and to live out ...
— Adventures in Criticism • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... promised so faithfully!" pleaded Alicia, joining her hands. "And then, you know, I should be able to bring all sorts of gossip back to ...
— The Testing of Diana Mallory • Mrs. Humphry Ward


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