JOINTURE Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word jointure. (close relations)
Definition of JOINTURE
Best Alternative Words for JOINTURE
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| connection | nounn | |||||||
noun • a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) • the state of being connected • an instrumentality that connects • (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) • the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination • a connecting shape • a supplier (especially of narcotics) • shifting from one form of transportation to another • the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | ||||||||
| juncture | nounn | |||||||
noun • an event that occurs at a critical time • a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made • the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | ||||||||
| linkage | nounn | |||||||
noun • an associative relation • (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) • a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion • the act of linking things together | ||||||||
| conjugation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being joined together • the inflection of verbs • the complete set of inflected forms of a verb • a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms • the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes • the act of making or becoming a single unit | ||||||||
| unification | nounn | |||||||
noun • an occurrence that involves the production of a union • the state of being joined or united or linked • the act of making or becoming a single unit | ||||||||
| union | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • of trade unions noun • an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer • the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) • the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes • the state of being joined or united or linked • the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) • healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones • a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations • a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets • the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts • a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) • the act of making or becoming a single unit adjective satellite • being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War | ||||||||
| uniting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the combination of two or more commercial companies • the act of making or becoming a single unit | ||||||||
| legal jointure | nounn | |||||||
noun • (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower | ||||||||
