Meaning

3 senses
  1. A place where things join, a junction.

    Verbindungspunkt, Verbindungsstelle

    стыкstyk, соедине́ниеsojedinénije, спайspaj

  2. A critical moment in time.

    We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.

    (kritischer) Augenblick, Zeitpunkt, Stelle

    конъюнкту́раkonʺjunktúra, стече́ние обстоя́тельствstečénije obstojátelʹstv, положе́ние делpoložénije del

    an event that occurs at a critical time

  3. 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.

    Junktur

Examples

7 sentences
  1. He looked away at a dangerous juncture.

  2. At this juncture, we're looking into every possibility.

  3. At this juncture, the teacher entered the classroom.

    ruВ этот момент в класс вошёл учитель. — marafon

  4. He arrived at an important juncture in his life.

    ruОн подошёл к важному жизненному перекрёстку. — Wezel

    deEr kam an einer großen Kreuzung seines Lebens an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. He came to an important juncture in his life.

    ruОн подошёл к важному жизненному перекрёстку. — Wezel

    deEr kam an einer großen Kreuzung seines Lebens an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
junction:
critical moment in time:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
junction:
critical moment in time:
manner of transition between two consecutive sounds:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English juncture, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of jointure.

Inherited from Middle English juncture, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of jointure.

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Forms

plural: junctures
Singularjuncture
Pluraljunctures

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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