juncture

(jŭngk'chər)
n.

1. The act of joining or the condition of being joined.
2. A place where two things are joined; a junction or joint.
3. A point in time, especially a critical point. See synonyms at crisis.
4. The transition or mode of transition from one sound to another in speech.

[Middle English, from Latin iūnctūra, from iūnctus, past participle of iungere, to join.]

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noun

1. A point or position at which two or more things are joined: connection, coupling, joint, junction, seam, union. See connect.
2. A particular interval of time that is limited and often crucial: instant, moment, point. See time.
3. A decisive point: climacteric, crisis, crossroad (used in plural), exigence, exigency, head, pass, turning point, zero hour. See decide/hesitate.

(jŭngk'chər)
n.

The point, line, or surface of union of two parts.

See words rhyming with "juncture."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - afgørende tidspunkt, kritisk øjeblik, tilslutning

Nederlands (Dutch)
(belangrijke) samenkomst van omstandigheden, plaats van verbinding, het verbinden, punt in de tijd

Français (French)
n. - point de jonction, (Ling) joncture, (fig) conjoncture, (fig) à ce moment

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zeitpunkt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συμβολή, αρμογή, σημείο ή γραμμή ένωσης ή σύνδεσης, (κρίσιμη) χρονική στιγμή/περίσταση

Italiano (Italian)
congiuntura, articolazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - junção (f), conexão (f), ponto (m) crítico, conjuntura (f)

Русский (Russian)
соединение, место соединения, текущий момент, конъюнктура

Español (Spanish)
n. - unión, juntura, coyuntura, confluencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - föreningspunkt, fog, (avgörande)tidpunkt, (kritiskt) ögonblick

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
接合, 接缝, 连接

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 接合, 接縫, 連接

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연결, 연락점, 접합점, 위기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 状況, 重大時, 危機, 接合, 連結, 接合点

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقطه اتصال, ظروف, ازمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צומת, חיבור‬

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