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joining
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unite |
| Synonyms: | accompany, add, adhere, affix, agglutinate, annex, append, assemble, associate, attach, blend, bracket, cement, clamp, clasp, clip, coadunate, coalesce, combine, compound, concrete, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, couple, entwine, fasten, fuse, grapple, hitch on, incorporate, interlace, intermix, juxtapose, knit, leash, link, lock, lump together, marry, mate, melt, mix, pair, put together, slap on, span, splice, stick together, tack on, tag on, tie, tie up, touch, weave, wed, weld, yoke |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | join |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch; border on |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, be at hand, be close to, be contiguous to, bound, butt, communicate, conjoin, extend, fringe, hem, lie beside, lie near, lie next to, line, march, meet, neighbor, open into, parallel, reach, rim, skirt, trench on, verge on |
| Antonyms: | separate |
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| Main Entry: | joining |
| Part of Speech: | |
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Adjectives: |
adhering, adhesive, adnate, amplectant, blunial, clinging, close, coadunate, cohering, cohesive, coinonomic, compact, conflate, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, coupled with, fast, firm, hand, hand in hand, inextricable, infrangible, insecable, inseparable, inseverable, intervolved, joined, joint, polymicrian, secure, sessile, set, sticky, taught, taut, tenacious, tight, tough, united, unseparated
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| Main Entry: | adjoining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being next to |
| Synonyms: | abutting, adjacent, approximal, bordering on, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, impinging, interconnecting, joined, joining, juxtaposed, near, neighboring, next door, touching, verging |
| Notes: | adjacent means next to but not necessarily connected with, while adjoining means next to and connected - adjacent rooms are separated by a wall, adjoining are connected by a common door; things are adjacent when they are side by side, they are adjoining when they share a common boundary and adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between |
| Antonyms: | detached, divided, separate |
| Main Entry: | affiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association with an organization |
| Synonyms: | alliance, amalgamation, banding together, bunch, cahoots, clan, coalition, combination, confederation, conjunction, connection, crew, crowd, gang, hookup, incorporation, joining, league, merging, mob, outfit, partnership, relationship, ring, syndicate, tie-in, union |
| Main Entry: | articulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection |
| Synonyms: | coupling, hinge, joining, joint, junction, juncture, unification, union |
| Antonyms: | disconnection |
| Main Entry: | assembly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | putting together |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, attachment, building, collection, connecting, construction, erection, fabrication, fitting together, joining, manufacture, manufacturing, modeling, molding, piecing together, setting up, shaping, welding |
| Main Entry: | association |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental connection |
| Synonyms: | bond, combination, concomitance, concordance, connotation, correlation, identification, impression, joining, juxtaposition, linkage, linking, lumping together, mixing, mixture, pairing, recollection, relation, remembrance, tie, train of thought, union |
| Antonyms: | disassociation, division, separation |
| Main Entry: | compilation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage |
| Synonyms: | accumulating, accumulation, aggregating, anthology, assembling, assortment, collecting, collection, collocating, combining, compiling, consolidating, garner, garnering, gathering, incorporating, joining, treasury, unifying |
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