juncture
UK/ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)//ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ/
juncture noun: a place where things join, a junction.
Noun
juncture (plural junctures)
- A place where things join, a junction.
- Synonyms:
- combination, composite, conjunction, fusion, junction, melding, merger, unification, union, unity
- A critical moment in time.
- We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.
- What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC
- The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
juncture meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
juncture in Tamil
- கூடிடம், தறுவாய், நிலைமை, வேளை
juncture in Urdu
- اتصال, جوڑ, ملاپ, ملن, سنگم
juncture in Bengali
- juncture, junction
- যুক্তি jukti
juncture in Malayalam
- point (in time), time, moment (in time)
- സന്ധി, ഘട്ടം, വേള, കാലഘട്ടം, അവസരം, സന്ദർഭം
- junction, intersection, join
- സന്ധി, സന്ധാനം, സന്ധിസ്ഥാനം, സന്ധിപ്പ്, ചേർപ്പ്, ബന്ധം
- junction, meeting point, confluence
- സംഗമസ്ഥാനം, സംഗമം, വേണി, നദീസംഗമം, സിന്ധുസംഗമം, തോയവ്യതികരം
More languagesFewer languages
- juncture in Kannada
- ಸಂದರ್ಭ, ಸಮಯ, ಸ್ಥಿತಿ, ಸಮಾಯೋಗ
- juncture in Sanskrit
- समय samayá, संधि saṃdhí
- juncture in Arabic
- وُصْل wuṣl, فُتْرَة حَاسِمَة futra ḥāsima
Examples of juncture in a sentence
- At this juncture, he sought to establish the awareness of the activity; to that end, he then adduced the receipts from the transactions of June 30th.
- You may be sure I was all attention at this juncture.
- While this juncture can bring on sadness and loneliness, it can also signal newfound freedom and fulfillment.
Synonyms of juncture
Forms of juncture
| plural | junctures |
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Origin of juncture
Inherited from Middle English juncture, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of jointure.
Words formed from juncture
Questions about juncture
- What does juncture mean?
- Juncture means a place where things join, a junction.
- What is juncture in Tamil?
- Juncture in Tamil is கூடிடம், தறுவாய், நிலைமை. See Juncture meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is juncture?
- Juncture is a noun.
- How do you pronounce juncture?
- Juncture is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of juncture?
- The plural of juncture is junctures.
Words near juncture in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: juncture (page history and authors); juncture (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juncture (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); যুক্তি (Bengali) (page history and authors); juncture (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); juncture (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); संधि (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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