confluence
/ˈkɒn.flu.əns/US/ˈkɑnˌflu.əns/
confluence noun: the act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
Noun
confluence (plural confluences)
- The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
- The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
- The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
- We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
- There has been much controversy especially as to the ownership of the large triangular delta at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers, known as the Khabarovsk Delta, or Heihsiatzu [translating 黑瞎子 (Hēixiāzi)] Island in Chinese.1937 July, “An Outline of the Manchoukuo-Soviet Border Controversy”, in Contemporary Manchuria: A Bi-Monthly Magazine, volume 1, number 2, Dairen: South Manchuria Railway Company, →OCLC, page 31
- The stream or body formed by the junction of two or more streams; a combined flood.
- A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
- The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
- The political turmoil was the result of a confluence of factors, and the corollary of years of misrule, as evidenced by a low home ownership rate incommensurate with the economic growth.
- Synonyms:
- coinfluence
- The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other.
- A property describing which terms can be rewritten with other, equivalent terms.
Verb
confluence (third-person singular simple present confluences, present participle confluencing, simple past and past participle confluenced)
- To join together into one stream.
- CHN 082 flows for approximately 304.8 meters (1,000 feet) before confluencing with the North Bald Eagle Creek.1996 December, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, US Route 220 Transportation Improvements Project, Bald Eagle Village to I-80, Blair County, Centre County: Environmental Impact Statement...
- I added a third manhole to my model so you can see how a junction might look. It just provides a nice way to confluence two streams into one pipe, which is an important job in a sewer system since a sewershed all has to flow to one place.2025 February 4, Grady Hilhouse, “What’s Inside a Manhole?” (5:59 from the start), in Practical Engineering
confluence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
confluence in Hindi
- confluence, junction
- संगम saṅgam
confluence in Tamil
- point where two rivers or streams meet
- ஆற்றுச்சந்தி āṟṟuccanti
confluence in Marathi
- confluence, junction
- संगम saṅgam
confluence in Urdu
- confluence, coherence; contact, connection
- سنگ saṅg
- confluence
- مجمع majma'
More languagesFewer languages
- confluence in Bengali
- সঙ্গম śoṅgom, বেণি beni
- confluence in Telugu
- సంగమం
- confluence in Malayalam
- സംഗമം saṅgamaṁ
- confluence in Kannada
- ಸಂಗಮ, ಕೂಡಲು, ಕೂಟ, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗುಂಪು
- confluence in Punjabi
- ਸੰਗਮ saṅgam
- confluence in Gujarati
- વેણી veṇī, સંગમ saṅgam
- confluence in Sanskrit
- संगम saṃgamá
- confluence in Nepali
- दोभान dobhān
- confluence in Malay
- kuala
Examples of confluence in a sentence
- Hikers love the wild country that lies northwest of this river confluence.
- They have been recently propelled out of cultdom and into wider acclaim by a confluence of zeitgeists.
- We can see how the corporatocracy arose as the confluence of four big trends.
Synonyms of confluence
Antonyms
Forms of confluence
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | confluences |
| alternative form | confluency |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | confluences |
| present participle | confluencing |
| past participle | confluenced |
| past | confluenced |
Origin of confluence
From late Middle English confluence, from Late Latin cōnfluentia (“a flowing together, conflux”), from cōnfluēns (present participle of cōnfluō (“to flow or run together”)) + -ia (nominal suffix).
Words formed from confluence
Phrases with confluence
Words that rhyme with confluence
Questions about confluence
- What does confluence mean?
- Confluence means the act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
- What is confluence in Hindi?
- Confluence in Hindi is संगम (saṅgam). See Confluence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is confluence?
- Confluence can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce confluence?
- Confluence is pronounced /ˈkɒn.flu.əns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of confluence?
- The plural of confluence is confluences.
Words near confluence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: confluence (page history and authors); संगम (Hindi) (page history and authors); संगम (Marathi) (page history and authors); سنگ (Urdu) (page history and authors); confluence (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confluence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੰਗਮ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); संगम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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