join is on the Basic English 850 List.
jewel - join - journey
join is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
job - join - judge

Pronunciation

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Plain form
join

Third-person singular
joins

Past tense
joined

Past participle
joined

Present participle
joining

  1. (transitive) If someone joins two or more things, they bring them together.
    Their lives were joined.
    They joined hands.
  2. (transitive & intransitive) If someone joins someone else, they do something together.
    I will join you on your walk.
    Hey, James! Come and join in. We're having fun.
  3. (transitive) If someone joins a club, school, etc. they become a member.
    Would you like to join our club?
  4. (transitive) If someone joins two or more things, they make a connection between them.
    The new building is joined to the school by a short hallway.
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