verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
/ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
/ənˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
rhymes with -ɔɪn
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I said to him to go home
She ordered him to do the shopping
The mother told the child to get dressed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: order, tell, say
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: request
Narrower terms: direct, instruct, command, require, call, send for, warn
5
verb
Meaning 5
issue an injunction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
buyurmaq
— to lay on, as a command
Azerbaijani:
əmr etmək
— to lay on, as a command
Azerbaijani:
hökm etmək
— to lay on, as a command
Bulgarian:
нареждам
(nareždam)
— to lay on, as a command
Bulgarian:
предписвам
(predpisvam)
— to lay on, as a command
Chinese Mandarin:
吩咐
(fēnfù)
— to lay on, as a command
Chinese Mandarin:
命令
(mìnglìng)
— to lay on, as a command
Chinese Mandarin:
禁止
(jìnzhǐ)
— to lay on, as a command
Czech:
nařídit
— to lay on, as a command
Czech:
nakázat
— to lay on, as a command
Czech:
poručit
— to lay on, as a command
Danish:
påbyde
— to lay on, as a command
Danish:
pålægge
— to lay on, as a command
Finnish:
määrätä
— to lay on, as a command
French:
enjoindre
— to lay on, as a command
German:
auferlegen
— to lay on, as a command
German:
vorschreiben
— to lay on, as a command
German:
anordnen
— to lay on, as a command
German:
ermahnen
— to lay on, as a command
German:
mahnen
— to lay on, as a command
German:
aufgeben
— to lay on, as a command
German:
fordern
— to lay on, as a command
Ancient Greek:
ἐπιτέλλω
(epitéllō)
— to lay on, as a command
Hungarian:
parancsol
— to lay on, as a command
Hungarian:
megparancsol
— to lay on, as a command
Hungarian:
utasít
— to lay on, as a command
Hungarian:
int
— to lay on, as a command
Hungarian:
elrendel
— to lay on, as a command
Hungarian:
meghagy
— to lay on, as a command
Irish:
cuir d'fhiacha ar
— to lay on, as a command
Pennsylvania German:
aabefehle
— to lay on, as a command
Portuguese:
injungir
— to lay on, as a command
Russian:
предпи́сывать
(predpísyvatʹ)
— to lay on, as a command
Russian:
предписа́ть
(predpisátʹ)
— to lay on, as a command
Russian:
веле́ть
(velétʹ)
— to lay on, as a command
Spanish:
mandar
— to lay on, as a command
Bulgarian:
забранявам
(zabranjavam)
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
Czech:
(soudně) zakázat
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
Danish:
pålægge
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
Finnish:
määrätä
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
Finnish:
kieltää
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
German:
untersagen
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
German:
verbieten
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
Hungarian:
megtilt
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
Hungarian:
eltilt
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
Russian:
запреща́ть
(zapreščátʹ)
— to prohibit or restrain by judicial order