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JOINTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jointly mean?
• JOINTLY (adverb)
The adverb JOINTLY has 2 senses:
1. in collaboration or cooperation
2. in conjunction with; combined
Familiarity information: JOINTLY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In collaboration or cooperation
Context example:
this paper was written jointly
Sense 2
Meaning:
In conjunction with; combined
Synonyms:
collectively; conjointly; jointly; together with
Context example:
we couldn't pay for the damages with all our salaries put together
Pertainym:
joint (united or combined)
Context examples
Any of two or more parties working jointly towards a common goal.
(Collaborator, NCI Thesaurus)
The process by which two or more parties work jointly towards a common goal.
(Collaboration, NCI Thesaurus)
These emphasis areas are developed jointly with the scientific, medical, and public health communities.
(NIH Emphasis Area, NCI Thesaurus)
MASCOT was developed jointly by the German Aerospace Center and the French space agency CNES.
(First Ever Video of Asteroid Sent Back to Earth by Japanese Rovers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
“You'll consider yourself guardian, jointly with me, of this child, Mr. Dick,” said my aunt.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The three-day event, jointly sponsored by the pontifical academy of science and pontifical academy of social sciences, aims to find a solution to save the planet’s diversity.
(Nearly Half the Planet's Species Could Be Wiped Out by the End of This Century, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Also, at this full moon, Neptune, which currently resides in your professional tenth house of honors, awards, and achievement, will be in direct conversation with Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, now in your eighth house of jointly held money.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Scientists with the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA)—jointly run by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts—conducted the study to clarify the role of whole grains in helping regulate weight, blood sugar levels, and calorie (energy) use, among other benefits.
(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
The transistor was developed through tests and modelling carried out jointly by researchers from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil, the University of Würzburg, Germany, and the University of South Carolina, United States.
(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)
Mars will join Pluto, Jupiter, and Saturn already in that house, so you will have four major planets in your eighth house of other people’s money, a sector that also rules jointly held funds.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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