JUNCTURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does juncture mean?
• JUNCTURE (noun)
The noun JUNCTURE has 3 senses:
1. an event that occurs at a critical time
2. a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
3. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
Familiarity information: JUNCTURE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• JUNCTURE (noun)
Meaning:
An event that occurs at a critical time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
juncture; occasion
Context examples:
at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave / it was needed only on special occasions
Hypernyms ("juncture" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "juncture"):
climax; flood tide (the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding)
conjuncture (a critical combination of events or circumstances)
crisis (a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something)
landmark; turning point; watershed (an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend)
milestone (a significant event in your life (or in a project))
head; pass; straits (a difficult juncture)
reality check (an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world)
Meaning:
A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
critical point; crossroads; juncture
Context examples:
at that juncture he had no idea what to do / he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
Hypernyms ("juncture" is a kind of...):
crisis (an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "juncture"):
criticality (a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining)
Meaning:
The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
join; articulation; juncture; junction; joint
Hypernyms ("juncture" is a kind of...):
connection; connexion; link (a connecting shape)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "juncture"):
esophagogastric junction; oesophagogastric junction (the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium)
