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I only wish I could have played in the big leagues when I was young enough to show what I could do. When an offer was given to me to join up, I was too old, and I knew it.
Buck Leonard

Meaning of "join up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JOIN UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JOIN UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Join up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb join up in English.

WHAT DOES JOIN UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of join up in the English dictionary

The definition of join up in the dictionary is to become a member of a military or other organization; enlist. Other definition of join up is to unite or connect.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO JOIN UP

PRESENT

Present
I join up
you join up
he/she/it joins up
we join up
you join up
they join up
Present continuous
I am joining up
you are joining up
he/she/it is joining up
we are joining up
you are joining up
they are joining up
Present perfect
I have joined up
you have joined up
he/she/it has joined up
we have joined up
you have joined up
they have joined up
Present perfect continuous
I have been joining up
you have been joining up
he/she/it has been joining up
we have been joining up
you have been joining up
they have been joining up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I joined up
you joined up
he/she/it joined up
we joined up
you joined up
they joined up
Past continuous
I was joining up
you were joining up
he/she/it was joining up
we were joining up
you were joining up
they were joining up
Past perfect
I had joined up
you had joined up
he/she/it had joined up
we had joined up
you had joined up
they had joined up
Past perfect continuous
I had been joining up
you had been joining up
he/she/it had been joining up
we had been joining up
you had been joining up
they had been joining up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will join up
you will join up
he/she/it will join up
we will join up
you will join up
they will join up
Future continuous
I will be joining up
you will be joining up
he/she/it will be joining up
we will be joining up
you will be joining up
they will be joining up
Future perfect
I will have joined up
you will have joined up
he/she/it will have joined up
we will have joined up
you will have joined up
they will have joined up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been joining up
you will have been joining up
he/she/it will have been joining up
we will have been joining up
you will have been joining up
they will have been joining up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would join up
you would join up
he/she/it would join up
we would join up
you would join up
they would join up
Conditional continuous
I would be joining up
you would be joining up
he/she/it would be joining up
we would be joining up
you would be joining up
they would be joining up
Conditional perfect
I would have join up
you would have join up
he/she/it would have join up
we would have join up
you would have join up
they would have join up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been joining up
you would have been joining up
he/she/it would have been joining up
we would have been joining up
you would have been joining up
they would have been joining up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you join up
we let´s join up
you join up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to join up
Past participle
joined up
Present Participle
joining up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JOIN UP

join
join battle
join duty
join forces
join hands
join issue
join-the-dots puzzle
joinable
joinder
joinder of issue
joinder of parties
joined case
joined-up
joiner
joinery
joining fee
joint
joint account
joint agreement
joint and several guarantee

WORDS THAT END LIKE JOIN UP

brain up
button up
clean up
even up
gen up
harden up
keep one´s chin up
man up
open up
run up
sign up
skin up
soften up
straighten up
turn up

Synonyms and antonyms of join up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «join up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JOIN UP

Find out the translation of join up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of join up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «join up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

联合起来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unirse
570 millions of speakers

English

join up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अप में शामिल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانضمام الى الحكومة الجديدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

присоединиться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

juntar-se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যোগ দিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

joindre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyertai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verbinden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

入隊する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

최대 가입
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggabungake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tham gia lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சேர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामील व्हा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

katıl
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dołącz się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приєднатися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

se alăture în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενταχθούν μέχρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aansluit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gå upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bli med opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of join up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JOIN UP»

The term «join up» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.102 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JOIN UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «join up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «join up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about join up

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2 QUOTES WITH «JOIN UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word join up.
1
Buck Leonard
I only wish I could have played in the big leagues when I was young enough to show what I could do. When an offer was given to me to join up, I was too old, and I knew it.
2
Kevin Powers
I wasn't a good student in high school. I wanted to go to college, but they weren't exactly beating down my door to offer me admission, and it's so expensive in the U.S. If you join up for a period, the army will pay your school and provide a stipend.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JOIN UP»

Discover the use of join up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to join up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Horse Sense for People: The Man Who Listens to Horses Talks ...
The tool must be used with skill, which may take years to perfect, but in its basic form Join-Up can be learned quickly. It is, though, a procedure that must be precisely followed; there are no shortcuts. Each step is distinct and necessary. Join-Up ...
Monty Roberts, 2002
2
Groundwork Training for Your Horse: Develop a Deeper Bond ...
before the handler makes it easy for him to be with her and invites TIPS • Join-Up is a starting point in your horse's training and your relationship with him but should not be done endlessly. Once the bond has been established through Join -Up, ...
Lesley Bayley, 2006
3
Handwriting Practice: Joining Letter Shapes Together
This activity book focuses on helping children to make the transition from print to joined-up writing.
Lisa Holt, 2012
4
Britain 1750-1900
The government was trying to get all men to join up. Ordinary people would stop men who weren't in uniform as they walked down the street and ask why they were not in the services (army, navy and air force). Sometimes they even handed  ...
Nigel Kelly, Rosemary Rees, Jane Shuter, 1998
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The Twentieth Century World
The government was trying to get all men to join up. Ordinary people would stop men who weren't in uniform as they walked down the street and ask why they were not in the services (army, navy and air force). Sometimes they even handed  ...
Nigel Kelly, Nigel Kelly Rosemary Rees Jane Shuter, Rosemary Rees, 1998
6
The Twentieth Century
However, as the war progressed and terrible stories of the fighting and the casualties reached home, fewer and fewer men were keen to join up. Ways of trying to encourage men to join up appeared all over Britain. Posters on walls and ...
Edith Girvin, 2002
7
A Valency Dictionary of English: A Corpus-based Analysis of ...
M D1 D2 D3 D4 D6 T1 T2 T3 T7 T10 also in phrasal verbs: join in; join up B Join can mean 'come or be linked together': Two things, esp. roads or rivers, etc., or organizations1 can join in a larger unitlv. i.e. unite to form a whole. -> M D1 D4 T3  ...
Thomas Herbst, 2004
8
Visual Information Processing: Proceedings of the Eighth ...
STM: ((GOAL * JOIN] (NAIL FLUSH) (UP HAMMER)) END: NO PD TRUE ((NAIL FLUSH) (GOAL * JOIN) (UP HAMMER)) Fig. l. A Simple Production System (a) and its Trace (b). structure named TOP.GOAL is put into STM, and a scan 531 11.
William G. Chase, 1973
9
Air navigation: notes and examples
Find the compass course and time taken to join up with a squadron which is over Derby, steering 170° (mag) at an air speed of 70 m.p.h. (8) * A squadron is over Oxford, course 32° (mag), air speed 80 m.p.h. Find the compass course and time  ...
Stanton Freeland Card, 1919
10
I Sought Adventure But It Found Me
He put forward the pros and cons and then said, 'I suppose, ifyou do join up, at least we will know where you are, the Royals are a real tough outfit, you may find the training too hard.' 'Dad, I've had the hardest training in my life in the Congo, ...
Reginald A Keeley-Osgood, MC

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JOIN UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term join up is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Benteke to Liverpool: Striker unlikely to join up for tour as …
Striker Christian Benteke is highly unlikely to join up with Liverpool for any part of their pre-season tour as negotiations continue over his move ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
2
Raheem Sterling regrets messy Liverpool exit but admits he was …
Sterling stopped to pose for photographs with fans Down Under Sterling has already flown out to Australia to join up with his new team-mates ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Liverpool Transfer News: Major striker deal delay, double La Liga …
Christian Benteke is highly unlikely to join up with Liverpool for any part of their pre-season tour as negotiations continue to rumble on over his ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
4
Chelsea's José Mourinho will leave the big spending to Manchester …
The only new faces at Chelsea have been like-for-like purchases – Radamel Falcao, who will join up with the squad in New York on Tuesday ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Aston Villa sign France U21 left-back Jordan Amavi from Nice | News
... was made on Saturday afternoon with Aston Villa for the transfer." Amavi will join up with his new team-mates for the first time on Monday. «Football365.com, Jul 15»
6
Starspeed and Nova Systems join up to put an Airbus H135 to work …
Starspeed's Gloucestershire Training facility at Kemble airport has been chosen by Nova Systems as the base for its new Airbus Helicopters ... «Vertical Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Sexy, No. Vital, Yes: A Million Bucks to Join Up Global Development …
Data, data, data. You hear a lot about data if you're a regular reader of Inside Philanthropy. That's because foundations and individual donors ... «Inside Philanthropy, Jul 15»
8
Villa skipper Delph reportedly performs U-turn and will join …
City made a huge splash earlier this week with a £49million deal for Raheem Sterling, who has now flown to Australia to join up with their ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
9
Chelsea joined by Brazilian youngster Kenedy for the first time as …
Friday's first session saw Kenedy added to the first-team group with his club Fluminese giving the 19-year-old permission to join up with the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
10
City looks to join up with RITA for tax collections
A plan to contract with the Regional Income Tax Authority to help Bellefontaine adjust to state-mandated changes will be in front of city council ... «Bellefontaine Examiner, Jul 15»

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