I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a joint commission (= involving two or more countries or groups )
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a new India-Sri Lanka joint commission
a joint committee (= involving two or more groups )
a joint decision (= one that two people make together )
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Jo and I made a joint decision that we should separate.
a joint degree British English (= in which you study two subjects )
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a joint degree in Economics and Statistics
a joint income (= that two or more people have )
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Between them they have a joint income of less than £20,000.
a joint of meat British English (= a large piece of meat, sometimes containing a bone )
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He began to carve the joint of meat.
a joint/team effort (= involving a group or team of people )
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We had many fine individual performances, but the win was a real team effort.
clip joint
joint action (= that two or more countries, organizations etc take together )
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Community leaders agreed to take joint action on scientific, social and environmental issues.
joint command (= shared by two people, countries etc )
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Russia and Ukraine had joint command over the Fleet.
joint consultation (= involving two different groups )
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Committees can be used for joint consultation between employers and employees.
joint custody (= both parents have it )
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After the breakup, the parents were awarded joint custody.
joint honours degree (= a degree in two main subjects )
joint honours
joint venture (= when two companies do something together )
joints...stiffened
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His joints had stiffened .
rolled...joint (= a cigarette containing marijuana )
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Ben rolled a joint and lit it.
seal a joint/crack/opening/gap
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A quick way to seal awkward gaps is to use a foam filler.
stiff neck/back/joint etc
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Alastair woke with a stiff neck.
strip joint
universal joint
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
account
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Or had she bought this, and all the surplus food, when there had been money in the joint account ?
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The mention of a bank made him feel guilty about not having a joint account with Bella any longer.
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In another example, two customers with a joint account notify their bank of change of address.
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Cash in a joint account is not frozen when one party dies.
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If you're opening a joint account , one of these documents must be shown by each holder.
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The husband had made the arrangements for the opening of the joint account to which, subsequently, the loan was debited.
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They may have a joint account but she feels that it is his money because he earned it.
action
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Where there is no joint action , each member state is entirely free to act on its own.
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It is joint action for mutual benefit.
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There are now no legal obligations arising out of joint action , which will remain until the new treaty is effective.
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They have shown a total lack of interest in joint action in the face of rising fuel prices.
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It is up to citizens working together to initiate a long term process of communication, mutual support and joint action .
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Discussions concerned joint action and exchange of information.
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These joint actions of yours and mine that have weakened it.
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These will be grouped under four heads decentralisation, consumerism and participation, self help and joint action .
chief
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Like the vice-president, the chairman of the joint chiefs must keep his advice to the president secret.
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On Saturday, the joint chiefs met with Arteaga and formally withdrew support from Bucaram.
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The joint chiefs were unwilling to support a treaty at this juncture for strategic reasons.
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The other members of the joint chiefs agreed with him that the Indochina conflict was the wrong war in the wrong place.
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Acheson said that the joint chiefs of staff preferred the latter course of action.
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He brushed aside the views of the joint chiefs of staff, ascribing their opposition to ignorance of the Far East.
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He was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff several times, senators, presidents.
committee
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The Congress meanwhile created a select joint committee to conduct hearings.
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Parliament on Aug. 6 approved the setting-up of a joint committee with extensive powers to probe the scandal.
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The agreement included a clause setting up a joint committee to oversee air quality.
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If the Bundestag is unable to convene, legislative power goes to a joint committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
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Students, workers and peasants formed a joint committee to organize supplies.
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In some cases the districts alone have established joint committees within the area covered by a top-tier authority.
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After all, joint committees themselves enjoy a good railway pedigree.
communiqué
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A joint communiqué issued after the meetings was couched in general terms and did not refer to the cessation of hostilities.
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The final joint communiqué of Razak's visit to Moscow contained an agreement to differ.
company
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On Dec. 11 agreement was reached to set up a single joint company to oversee the pipelines.
custody
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We got joint custody of the children.
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They were given joint custody of Emma and Lucy, with Gabrielle having care and control.
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He now lives on his own in west London and has joint custody of his two children.
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After the breakup the parents were awarded joint custody and Tom resided for part of the week with each.
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In the divorce petition he claimed, interalia, interim and permanent joint custody of, and access to, the child.
declaration
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The joint declarations precipitated several days of military confrontation between the federal army and republican forces.
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In the words of the joint declaration , the two countries have opened a new page in their relations.
degree
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A number of joint degree courses are available.
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The wide range of joint degrees available reflects the extent to which Linguistics relates to other subject areas.
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The joint degree in Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence is unique in Britain.
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There is also a diagram of the joint degrees in the Faculty of Arts on page 61.
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Alternatively, students might take a joint degree where equal time is spent on two subjects.
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Now it's signed a deal with Swindon College, agreeing to offer joint degrees , with a view to applying for University status.
development
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The product is the result of an agreement signed in October 1991 for joint development of an FRAM-compatible radio frequency transponder chip.
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Several of the schools are proposing to undertake joint development work with local colleges.
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It is a good example of how manufacturers and customers can profit from joint developments .
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It's more joint development of the applications and systems they need.
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A joint development between LogIT and the Lego Robolab might just help to break down the science and technology interface.
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The new car is a joint development between Honda and the Rover Group.
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It could be a joint development or a pricey investment by a third party.
effort
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This joint effort by a multicompany committee produced some of the best materials on the subject yet produced.
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Country concerns: Trimdon children are making a joint effort to improve wildlife in the countryside around their schools.
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The present book is the joint effort of our chosen specialized fields.
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It's a joint effort by the council, health services, local businesses and volunteers ... the whole community.
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In fact, the most successful programs are joint efforts between a source of training and a source of employment.
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See it as a joint effort .
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The joint effort has produced remote control fuel-rod exchangers and automatic inspection systems for radioactive welded pipes.
enterprise
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They feel that they can band together with others in a kind of joint enterprise to beat the disease.
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Nor do all who participate in a joint enterprise agree to its occurrence.
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The lawyer said the defendants were all involved in a joint enterprise to plant a booby-trap device under the car.
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The maintenance of territorial integrity has become a joint enterprise .
marketing
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It is appropriate that this is done through the relevant Tourist Boards and their overseas joint marketing schemes.
meeting
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The suggestion was made at a joint meeting of all sides organised by North Yorkshire county council.
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Tony was terrified of this joint meeting but it went all right.
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A joint meeting followed where Liz discussed her difficulties with her parents.
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Information: management informs employees in writing or at joint meetings .
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On 24 April a joint meeting of officials from the two departments was convened.
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It was agreed that a joint meeting should be held, at which he, Bonar and Barnes should speak.
name
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Please remember that if the account is to be in joint names , then both parties must sign the form.
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Turning to the mortgage side of home finance, liability will be joint and several where the loan is in joint names .
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Simply complete the attached application form, making sure both parties sign if the account is to be in joint names .
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The Council refused to rehouse because the tenancy was held in joint names with his ex-wife who has disappeared.
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Please remember that both parties must sign the form if the account is to be in joint names .
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They had purchased the property in December 1974 in their joint names with the aid of a building society mortgage.
operation
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The joint operation , Carlsberg-Tetley, will have an 18% share of the beer market.
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A huge joint operation was planned involving the Cav, the marines, the navy, and the ARVNs.
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Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio Detectives have seized around five hundred suspected pirate videos in a joint operation with copyright investigators.
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Physical therapists take part in patient care before and after joint operations .
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Extra cash will be committed by both sides to lead the joint operation .
project
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In education operational time scales tend to be longer than commercial ones, certainly so far as joint projects are concerned.
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We all share the same sky and the same passion, which is to see our joint projects take to the air.
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The relationship has been stormy, with joint projects often cut off in their prime.
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This is a joint project of the polytechnic and the university.
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Journalists conduct interviews, research documents, undertake joint projects with Insight teams and hire quantitative researchers to undertake polls.
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For this reason I have to say we have not been too happy with-her work on joint projects .
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Mrs Robinson said the book is a joint project between the federations from west and east Suffolk.
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The Imperial College section of the joint project was concerned with the introduction of new technology.
replacement
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Brian Tighe discusses polymers in ophthalmology and Peter Marquis describes the application of high performance ceramics in bone and joint replacements .
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A prosthesis used in a joint replacement costs between $ 5,000 and $ 10,000.
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More sophisticated computer-designed prostheses for joint replacements allow many more patients to benefit.
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Examples are hip joint replacement , cataract extraction, prostate resection, and cardiac pacemaker insertion.
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Thirty elderly patients are available for a study of hip joint replacement .
session
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Accordingly, parliament at a joint session suspended King Baudouin on April 4, and itself signed the abortion bill into law.
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Bush singled out the issue Tuesday night in his address before a joint session of Congress.
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The normally routine joint session cere mony is scheduled for January 5.
statement
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The two issued a joint statement calling for the continuation of negotiations between the two blocs.
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A joint statement said that a ministerial commission for co-operation in military training and defence industries was to be set up.
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Following a meeting on June 15, however, the parties issued a joint statement rejecting the President's invitation.
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A joint statement to that effect was issued afterwards.
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Korda and the agencies issued a joint statement saying the case had been settled amicably in London last week.
stock
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Examples abound in the professions, for example the question of auditors and joint stock companies, or solicitors and conveyancing.
tenancy
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It concerns the severance of a beneficial joint tenancy .
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Hence in the present case Mr. Dennis had not been divested of his interest under the joint tenancy when his wife died.
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When she died the joint tenancy still subsisted.
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The question which has arisen is whether in these circumstances the beneficial joint tenancy was severed before Mrs. Dennis' death.
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A joint tenancy is severed if a joint tenant disposes of his interest inter vivos.
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On the face of it, the absence of joint obligations of payment was inconsistent with the existence of a joint tenancy .
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The husband and wife may agree that the joint tenancy should be severed but if so they should properly evidence that fact.
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It follows that there was no joint tenancy .
tenant
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This embraces the situation where a husband and wife own property as joint tenants in equity.
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As the surviving joint tenant , Mary Tene inherits the building.
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A joint tenancy is severed if a joint tenant disposes of his interest inter vivos.
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Finding joint tenants is one alternative to closing even more branches.
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Here, when the relevant act of bankruptcy occurred, Mr. Dennis was a beneficial joint tenant of the two properties.
venture
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A second joint venture is to be formed later this year, designated the Integration Office.
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And no decision has been made as to where the joint venture would be based.
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Direct methods included subsidiary companies, joint ventures and direct selling.
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Antrim, in a joint venture with Ennex International's subsidiary, Ulster Minerals.
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The company is a joint venture between transport group Stagecoach and Virgin.
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To achieve this, Quinlan is pushing ahead with a salad of deals, alliances and joint ventures .
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The decision point is particularly important for joint ventures projects.
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Different objectives and competing priorities of the sponsors have to be balanced, especially in the case of joint ventures .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
case the joint
knee/hip/joint replacement
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A prosthesis used in a joint replacement costs between $ 5,000 and $ 10,000.
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Carrying out the precision drilling in a delicate hip replacement operation is the world's first robotic surgeon.
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For those over 65, it is knee or hip replacement .
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I had been having trouble with arthritis for years, and nine years ago had a hip replacement .
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Just two months ago, he underwent bowel and hip replacement surgery that cost $ 120, 000.
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One person's hip replacement operation certainly prevents the busy surgeon from doing something else at the same time.
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She has undergone three hip replacement surgeries in the last three years.
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With 40,000 hip replacements a year, making joints is big business, now mostly done by multi-nationals companies.
put sb's nose out of joint
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Did you cook the dinner, Jane?" "No, it was a joint effort."
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a joint bank account
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a joint declaration by Israeli and Palestinian leaders
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We both wanted to move to Canada - it was a joint decision.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Arrive at joint decisions on how that care is to be delivered to individuals?
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Finding joint tenants is one alternative to closing even more branches.
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The joint opinion rejects that framework.
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The company will maintain a strategic manufacturing agreement with the startup and joint business development arrangements.
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Thirty-eight runners went to post, with Red Rum and Crisp joint favourites at 9-1.
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This factor can be compensated for, by dividing the semantic score between two words by the joint length of their definitions.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hip
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My right leg finally made an appearance in the correct locale, opposite my left and below the hip joint .
stiff
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She suffered from migraine, diarrhoea with wind and bloating, and stiff , painful joints .
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Her physical pain went on in the form of sensitivity, aching muscles, stiff joints , indigestion, and kidney stones.
universal
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Notes A gimbal is a kind of universal joint that allows free rotation within a range of angles.
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In mechanical terms, the head is an elliptical spheroid with a single universal joint , the neck.
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elbow
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The shoulder and elbow joints are built around precision variable resistors and as each joint swivels so the variable resistor turns.
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The large bone of the upper arm was splintered to the elbow joint , and the wound bled freely.
knee
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I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up.
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His body bucked off the chair with such violence that his knee joints popped.
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Fanged skulls with potent crosses adorned the knee joints of these warriors' armour.
strip
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This was because the arrival of the fleet was a very special time for the clubs and strip joints of Perth.
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He also discussed a visit to a strip joint and what would make him run from a woman's bedroom.
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Authorities hope to find a link between the Hells Angels and a fatal beating in a San Jose strip joint .
■ VERB
roll
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Lucker rolls a joint which is a big mistake as far as I am concerned.
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Miguel rolled a joint , but his stomach was churning, the air heavy with emotion.
smoke
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During 1990 and 1991, it seemed anybody who ever smoked a joint was taking Ecstasy.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a joint of beef
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a fast-food joint
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an elbow joint
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Duvall had just glued the joints of the chair and was tightening a vise to hold them in place.
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I've had a lot of pain in my joints recently, especially in my wrists and shoulders.
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One of the joints in the pipe was cracked and gas was escaping.
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the joints of a chair
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Early on it was a chrome stool and burger joint .
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Her bowels were much improved by this, but Edith still had migraine attacks and trouble with her joints.
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His body bucked off the chair with such violence that his knee joints popped.
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Jim Feng passed me another joint that was going from hand to hand.
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Mitred housings with mortice and tenon joints were used.
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Quality control of solder joints is currently done by blowing up a digitized image of the joint and having humans inspect it.
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They make a qualitative judgment on whether the solder joint is acceptable or unacceptable.
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X-rays don't reveal much, either, since the inflammation lies in the soft tissues and not in the joints.
III. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knee/hip/joint replacement
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A prosthesis used in a joint replacement costs between $ 5,000 and $ 10,000.
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Carrying out the precision drilling in a delicate hip replacement operation is the world's first robotic surgeon.
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For those over 65, it is knee or hip replacement .
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I had been having trouble with arthritis for years, and nine years ago had a hip replacement .
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Just two months ago, he underwent bowel and hip replacement surgery that cost $ 120, 000.
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One person's hip replacement operation certainly prevents the busy surgeon from doing something else at the same time.
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She has undergone three hip replacement surgeries in the last three years.
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With 40,000 hip replacements a year, making joints is big business, now mostly done by multi-nationals companies.
put sb's nose out of joint