joint
US
/dʒɔɪnt/
UK
/dʒɔɪnt/
Meaning
Shared by two or more people, groups, or organizations, especially when they act or decide together.
दो या ज़्यादा लोगों, समूहों या संस्थाओं का साझा, जिसमें वे मिलकर काम करें या फैसला लें।
Examples
“The two schools organized a joint science fair for their students.”
“We opened a joint bank account to manage our household expenses.”
“The companies jointly announced a new environmental project.”
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Not natural: They made jointly decision about the budget.
Better: They made a joint decision about the budget.
Use the adjective joint before a noun; jointly is an adverb and usually modifies a verb.
Noun से पहले adjective joint आता है; jointly adverb है और आम तौर पर verb को describe करता है।
Not natural: The project was a joint between the two departments.
Better: The project was a joint effort between the two departments.
Joint usually describes a noun here; use a noun such as effort, project, or venture after it.
यहाँ joint किसी noun को describe करता है; इसके बाद effort, project या venture जैसा noun लगाएँ।
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Use joint before a noun for something shared; use jointly before a verb to describe people doing it together.
साझा चीज़ बताने के लिए noun से पहले joint लगाएँ; लोगों के मिलकर काम करने पर verb से पहले jointly लगाएँ।