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# jointly

«jointly» in Mova's school dictionary: **together, shared by two or more people: «jointly owned»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (jointly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Jointly means together, shared by two or more people: «jointly owned». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jointly/#m1)

2) Jointly means done by working as a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jointly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal and legal language things are jointly owned or jointly organised. In maths problems «jointly» can signal that amounts are added together or shared. Phrases: «jointly owned», «jointly responsible», «jointly organised».

### examples

- The two schools jointly organised the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jointly/#x1)
- The house is jointly owned by my parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jointly/#x2)
- Sam and Ali jointly won first prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jointly/#x3)
- They are jointly responsible for the mess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jointly/#x4)
- Two families jointly paid 600 dollars; how much did each pay if equal? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jointly/#x5)
- The project was jointly run by two teachers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jointly/#x6)

### note

Formal; in speech say «together». Adjective: joint («a joint effort»). Maths: jointly paid means the total is shared; if equal, divide.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jointly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jointly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.