Conjuncture
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.
"To be sitting, at so pleasant a conjuncture of one's courses, in oneself, by oneself, that I think it will freely be admitted is a way no worse than another, and better than some, of whiling away an instant of leisure."
- 2 a critical combination of events or circumstances wordnet
- 3 A set of circumstances causing a crisis; a juncture.
"[I]n his later years, he [James II of England] repeatedly, at conjunctures such as have often inspired timorous and delicate women with heroic courage, showed a pusillanimous anxiety about his personal safety."
Example
More examples"To be sitting, at so pleasant a conjuncture of one's courses, in oneself, by oneself, that I think it will freely be admitted is a way no worse than another, and better than some, of whiling away an instant of leisure."
Etymology
From French conjoncture.
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