Join
Join verb - To be adjacent to.
Refer
Refer verb - To have a relation or connection.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Even after he takes a demotion to Private in order to join the Roughnecks, the other troopers routinely refer to him as The Colonel.
- In fact, it has even been used to specifically refer to those characters that can join the player's group and be controlled by them but are not the one specific character representing the player.
Source: Non-Player Character - In Death Note, all of the police officers (the ones that join L's forces) refer to each other by their surnames.
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Refer and Join. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/join/refer
Join & Refer. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/join/refer>.
Refer or Join. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/join/refer.
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