Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together

    to joint boards

    a jointing plane

    fügen, zusammenfügen, verbinden

    fit as if by joints

  2. (transitive)To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.

    verbinden, zusammenbringen, kombinieren

    соединя́тьsojedinjátʹ, соедини́тьsojedinítʹ, сочленя́тьsočlenjátʹ

  3. (transitive)To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

    beweglich verbinden, mit einem Gelenk verbinden, gelenkig verbinden

    provide with a joint

  4. (transitive)To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.

    separate (meat) at the joint

  5. (intransitive)To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.

    the stones joint, neatly.

    aneinanderschmiegen, ineinandergreifen, zusammenspielen

Examples

153 sentences
  1. It was a joint decision.

    Це було спільне рішення. — Walentinio

    ruЭто было совместное решение. — marafon

    deEs war eine gemeinsame Entscheidung. — Espi

  2. Have you had any joint pain?

  3. My wife and I have a joint bank account.

    ruУ меня с женой совместный счёт в банке. — odexed

  4. Do you and your husband have a joint checking account?

  5. They came to terms with each other on how to start a joint venture.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to join; connect; unite; combine:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together:
to join; connect; unite; combine:
to provide with a joint or joints:
to fit as if by joints:

Origin

The noun is from Middle English joynt (attested since the late 13th century), from Old Fre

The noun is from Middle English joynt (attested since the late 13th century), from Old French joint (“joint of the body”) (attested since the 12th century). The adjective (attested since the 15th century) is from Old French jointiz. Both Old French words are from Latin iūnctus, the past participle of iungō. See also join, jugular, junction. Displaced Old English fōg and partially displaced English lith.

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Forms

joints, jointing, jointed, jointed
Base formjoint · to joint
3rd person singularjoints
Present participlejointing
Past simplejointed
Past participlejointed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjoint
he, she, itjoints

Past simpleLesson

all personsjointed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jointed
he, she, ithas jointed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill joint

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedjointer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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