juncture
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junc·ture
(jŭngk′chər)n.
1.
a. The act of joining or the condition of being joined.
b. A place where two things are joined; a junction or joint.
2. A point in time, especially one requiring a decision to be made: "Is this the appropriate juncture to speak the truth in that frank and candid way?" (Elinor Lipman).
3. 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; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
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juncture
(ˈdʒʌŋktʃə)n
1. a point in time, esp a critical one (often in the phrase at this juncture)
2. (Phonetics & Phonology) linguistics
a. a pause in speech or a feature of pronunciation that introduces, accompanies, or replaces a pause
b. the set of phonological features signalling a division between words, such as those that distinguish a name from an aim
3. a less common word for junction
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junc•ture
(ˈdʒʌŋk tʃər)n.
1. a point of time, esp. one made critical by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to continue negotiations.
2. a serious state of affairs; crisis.
3. the line or point at which two bodies are joined; joint or articulation; seam.
4. an act of joining or the state of being joined.
5. something by which two things are joined.
6.
a. a transition between successive speech sounds or between a speech sound and silence, as at the boundary of a morpheme, word, or clause, marked by a break in articulatory continuity: Juncture distinguishes words such as night rateand nitrate.
b. the feature marking such a transition.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin junctūra]
junc′tur•al, adj.
syn: See junction.
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| Noun | 1. |  juncture - an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions"flood tide - the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success" conjuncture - a critical combination of events or circumstances crisis - a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better" turning point, landmark, watershed - an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend; "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations" milestone - a significant event in your life (or in a project) reality check - an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world; "this program is intended as a reality check for CEOs"; "after all those elaborate productions, I felt in need of a reality check" |
| 2. | juncture - a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point" crisis - an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis" criticality - a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining | |
| 3. |  juncture - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is madeesophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium |
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juncture
noun moment, time, point, crisis, occasion, emergency, strait, contingency, predicament, crux, exigency, conjuncture We're at a critical juncture.
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juncture
noun1. A point or position at which two or more things are joined:
3. A decisive point:
climacteric, crisis, crossroad (used in plural), exigence, exigency, head, pass, turning point, zero hour.
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Translations
نُقْطَة إتِّصال
v té chvíli
punkttidspunkt
tímamót, aî svo komnu máli
tuo momentu
šādos apstākļosšajā brīdī
bu andabu aşamada
juncture
[ˈdʒʌŋktʃəʳ] N (fig) (= point) → coyuntura fat this juncture → en este momento, a estas alturas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
juncture
n at this juncture → zu diesem Zeitpunkt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
juncture
[ˈdʒʌnktʃəʳ] n (fig) (critical point) → momento criticoat this juncture → in questo frangente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
juncture
(ˈdʒaŋktʃə) : at this/that juncture at this or that moment or point. At this juncture the chairman declared the meeting closed.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
junc·ture
n. juntura; coyuntura.
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