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join forces

join forces verb: to combine labour, to come together, to unite.

Verb

join forces (third-person singular simple present joins forces, present participle joining forces, simple past and past participle joined forces)

  1. (idiomatic) To combine labour, to come together, to unite.
    • The poor [banana] is even further shrunken. It is no longer spotted. The flecks have joined forces to form brown blotches all over the fruit.1979 February 3, Nancy Walker, “Going Bananas”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 11
    • It all started 6 years ago, as Rutgers University scientists Allan Conney, Ph.D., and George C. Wagner, Ph.D., chatted at an office get-together. […] From this conversation, the two decided to pool their knowledge and join forces.2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 124

join forces meaning in Tamil and Bengali

join forces in Tamil

to come together
கூட்டுசேர் kūṭṭucēr

join forces in Bengali

শ্রম একত্রিত করা, একসাথে আসা, একত্রিত হওয়া

Synonyms of join forces

Forms of join forces

third-person singular presentjoins forces
present participlejoining forces
past participlejoined forces
pastjoined forces

Questions about join forces

What does join forces mean?
Join forces means to combine labour, to come together, to unite.
What is join forces in Tamil?
Join forces in Tamil is கூட்டுசேர் (kūṭṭucēr). See Join forces meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is join forces?
Join forces is a verb.
What is the past tense of join forces?
The past tense of join forces is joined forces.

Words near join forces in the dictionary

  1. joiker
  2. joikers
  3. joiking
  4. joiks
  5. join
  6. join forces
  7. join hands
  8. join in
  9. join issue
  10. join out
  11. join point

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Adapted from Wiktionary: join forces (page history and authors); join forces (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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