- involving two or more people together
- a joint account (= a bank account in the name of more than one person, for example shared by a couple)
- The report was a joint effort (= we worked on it together).
- They finished in joint first place.
- They were joint owners of the house (= they owned it together).
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementb2- The scheme is a joint Anglo-French operation.
- The two sides agreed to establish a joint working group.
- They divorced two years ago, but they have joint custody of the children.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, past participle of joindre ‘to join’, from Latin jungere ‘to join’.Definitions on the go
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