Juncture
['dʒʌŋ(k)tʃə] or ['dʒʌŋktʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an event that occurs at a critical time; 'at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave'; 'it was needed only on special occasions'.
(noun.) a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; 'at that juncture he had no idea what to do'; 'he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point'.
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Definition
(n.) A joining; a union; an alliance.
(n.) The line or point at which two bodies are joined; a joint; an articulation; a seam; as, the junctures of a vessel or of the bones.
(n.) A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an exigency.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Joint, junction.[2]. Conjuncture, crisis, exigency.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONJUNCTURE]
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Definition
n. a joining a union: a critical or important point of time.
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Examples
- At this juncture a large part of the correspondence referred very naturally to electric lighting, embodying requests for all kinds of information, catalogues, prices, terms, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Trouble at this juncture would play into your hands, my friend. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I wouldn't at any other party's, at the present juncture; but at yours, sir! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At this juncture a considerable noise of voices is heard in the hall. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Lowten bethought himself, at this juncture, of looking out of the window. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation: Bust me, if she ain't at it agin! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Of course, he entered at this juncture, into no explanation of his motives, and they walked on very lovingly together. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Just at this juncture a messenger came from Hovey, asking for more reinforcements. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At this juncture he dispatched to me what had taken place, and that he was dropping back slowly on Dinwiddie Court House. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At this juncture the editor of the Century Magazine asked me to write a few articles for him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At this juncture other schemes were fermenting in his brain; but the quadruplex engrossed him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- General Scott coming upon the battle-field about this juncture, ordered two brigades, under Shields, to move north and turn the right of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At this juncture news arrived which was spread among the many creditors of the Colonel at Paris, and which caused them great satisfaction. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At this juncture, shuffling is heard in the hall, and tapping is heard at the dining-room door. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sowerberry returned at this juncture. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It is not moral in the sense that a person is moved by direct personal appeal from others, important as is this method at critical junctures. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Certain junctures of our lives must always be difficult of recall to memory. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Undoubtedly there are junctures where momentary interest ceases and attention flags, and where reinforcement is needed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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