What does "junction" mean?
The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
Junction
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
- Grammar: junction is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: conjunction, juncture, abutment, abuttal.
- Useful contrasts: cleft, dead end, disconnection.
- Usage evidence: Go straight up the street for about 100 meters, and you will get to the junction of three roads.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
"Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas."
- 2 an act of joining or adjoining things wordnet
- 3 A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
"Turn left at the next road junction."
- 4 the place where two or more things come together wordnet
- 5 A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
"The two rail lines meet at a major junction."
Show 9 more definitions
- 6 something that joins or connects wordnet
- 7 The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.
- 8 the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made wordnet
- 9 The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
- 10 the state of being joined together wordnet
- 11 A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
"Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example."
- 12 A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
- 13 In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.
- 14 electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.
Verb
- 1 To form a junction. figuratively
"critical junction"
Proper Noun
- 1 A village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.
- 2 A city, the county seat of Kimble County, Texas, United States.
- 3 A small town, the county seat of Piute County, Utah, United States.
- 4 An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
Antonyms
Example
"Go straight up the street for about 100 meters, and you will get to the junction of three roads."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "junction"?
Common synonyms include: conjunction, juncture, abutment, abuttal, access, accession.
How do you use "junction" in a sentence?
Go straight up the street for about 100 meters, and you will get to the junction of three roads.
How do you pronounce "junction"?
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/.
Etymology
From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.