Juncture

/ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ/

Synonyms for "juncture" (129 found)

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Noun(4 words)

junction articulation boundary confluence

ankle articulation boundary butt caesura cervix circumstanceclause boundaryclause terminalclinchclose junctureclosure colon comma condition conjunctureconnecting linkconnecting rodconnection contingency

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coupling crisis

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Noun(7 words)

crisiscritical momentcritical pointcrossroads intersection join joint

crossroads crunch crux day dovetail elbow embrace emergency event eventuality exigencyfalling terminalfateful momentgliding jointhingehinged jointhip hour incident instant

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interface interval join joining joint junction kairos knee knuckle link minute

Verb(1 words)

keep original time

Related words (64)

miter momentmoment of truthmortise neck occasion occurrenceopen junctureopportunity pass pause period phase pinch pivotpivot jointplight point posture poverty

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predicamentpregnant momentpsychological momentquandary rabbetrising terminalsandhi scarf seam season semicolon shoulder situation space span spell stage state status stitch stop strait stretch suture symphysis terminaltie rodtimetime lagtoggletoggle jointturning pointunion weld whileword boundarywristzero hour

Noun(6 words)

occasion pause separatortime adverb termturning pointwatershed

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More general

13 entries

connection connexion crisis event happeninglinguistic boundarylink locationnatural eventoccurrence occurrent place point

More specific

6 entries

critical pointinflection pointphonemic junctureprosodic juncturerailway junctionroad junction

Collocations

6 entries

critical junctureeconomic juncturehistoric juncturepolitical juncturerailway junctionroad junction

Inflections

1 entries

junctures

Derivations

1 entries

junctural

Sample sentences

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He looked away at a dangerous juncture.

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At this juncture, we're looking into every possibility.

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I don't want to jump into any conclusions at this juncture.

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At this juncture, the teacher entered the classroom.

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