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interjoin

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To interconnect two sets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To join mutually; to unite.

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Usage: intransitive, transitive

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To say by way of interruption, to interject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone, Chapter 5, pp. 26-27, “Perhaps I feared to make Alphonse jealous,” she interjoined, with excessive naïveté. That made them all laugh.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English join English interjoin From inter- + join.