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joining up

joining up is the present participle and gerund of join up.

Meaning of join up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To unite or connect.
    • If you join up the dots, you will reveal a picture.
  2. (intransitive) To enlist or enroll.

Questions about joining up

What is joining up the present participle and gerund of?
Joining up is the present participle and gerund of join up.

Words near joining up in the dictionary

  1. joining in
  2. joining out
  3. joining the choir invisible
  4. joining the dots
  5. joining the majority
  6. joining up
  7. joiningly
  8. joinings
  9. joinpoint
  10. joinpoints
  11. joins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: joining up (page history and authors); join up (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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