He looked away at a dangerous juncture.
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Juncture
//ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ//
Synonyms for "juncture" (134 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- فُتْرَة حَاسِمَة noun (critical moment in time)
- وُصْل noun (junction)
Bulgarian
3 entries- критичен момент noun (critical moment in time)
- съединение noun (junction)
- шев noun (junction)
Catalan
1 entries- juntura noun (junction)
Czech
4 entries- junktura noun (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds)
- klíčový okamžik noun (critical moment in time)
- předěl noun (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds)
- spojení noun (junction)
Dutch
3 entries- aanhechtingspunt noun (junction)
- kantelpunt noun (critical moment in time)
- verbinding noun (junction)
Finnish
4 entries- junktuuri noun (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds)
- käännekohta noun (critical moment in time)
- liitoskohta noun (junction)
- risteys noun (junction)
French
2 entries- jonction noun (junction)
- joncture noun (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds)
Georgian
4 entries- გაერთიანება noun (junction)
- შეერთების ადგილი noun (junction)
- შეერთების წერტილი noun (junction)
- შესართავი noun (junction)
German
4 entries- (kritischer) Augenblick noun (critical moment in time)
- Junktur noun (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds)
- Stelle noun (critical moment in time)
- Verbindungspunkt noun (junction)
Irish
1 entries- acomhal noun (junction)
Italian
1 entries- congiuntura noun (junction)
Portuguese
1 entries- juntura noun (junction)
Russian
4 entries- конъюнкту́ра noun (critical moment in time)
- ме́сто соедине́ния noun (junction)
- положе́ние дел noun (critical moment in time)
- соедине́ние noun (junction)
Spanish
1 entries- juntura noun (junction)
Welsh
4 entries- cydiad noun (junction)
- cyplysiad noun (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds)
- cyswllt noun (junction)
- cyswllt noun (critical moment in time)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
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.
Source: tatoeba (8682999)
At this juncture, the teacher entered the classroom.
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