conjoin
To join together; to unite; to combineTo join together; to unite; to combine.
» This truck stop has a conjoined fast food restaurant.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To join together; to unite; to combine.
They are representatives that will loosely conjoin a nation.
(transitive)To marry.
I will conjoin you in holy matrimony.
(transitive)To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.
(transitive)To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.
(intransitive)To unite, to join, to league.
- make contact or come together
- take in marriage; married
Examples
4 sentencesThis truck stop has a conjoined fast food restaurant.
The landmark surgery that separated the conjoined twins seven months ago lasted 23 hours.
To prepare the twins for their separation, doctors gave them conjoined dolls that they could snip with scissors to separate.
The term "Siamese twins" comes from two conjoined twins from Siam who travelled with P.T. Barnum's circus.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Old French conjoindre, from Latin coniungo, from con- (“together”) + iungo (“join”).From Old French conjoindre, from Latin coniungo, from con- (“together”) + iungo (“join”). Equivalent to con- + join.
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Forms
conjoins, conjoining, conjoined, conjoinedSynonyms
11 synonyms- make contact or come together:join
- take in marriage; married:marryget marriedwedhook up withget hitched withespouse
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle