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JOINED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does joined mean?
• JOINED (adjective)
The adjective JOINED has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to two people who are married to each other
2. connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
Familiarity information: JOINED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to two people who are married to each other
Synonyms:
joined; united
Similar:
married (joined in matrimony)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
Synonyms:
Similar:
connected (joined or linked together)
Context examples
My father and my brother Rowland knew all this; but they thought only of the thirty thousand pounds, and joined in the plot against me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Toby Jackson, a plant scientist in the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, joined Gorgens on an expedition to visit the giants.
(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)
A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; a part that is joined to something larger.
(Appendage, NCI Thesaurus)
As she joined him, Captain Harville's countenance re-assumed the serious, thoughtful expression which seemed its natural character.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Joined in some kind of relationship.
(Associated, NCI Thesaurus)
Yes, I spent a month there and then joined him in Paris, where he has settled for the winter.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He counted them with care, and then joined his partner in cursing the power of the Wild that had robbed them of another dog.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
My unfortunate friend the waiter, who had quite recovered his spirits, did not appear to be disturbed by this, but joined in the general admiration without being at all confused.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Emma soon recollected, and understood him; and while she joined in the laugh, it was evident from Jane's countenance that she too was really hearing him, though trying to seem deaf.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The monomers are joined together in a repeating pattern.
(Copolymer, NCI Dictionary)
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