JUNCTURE Synonyms

• an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

• the quality of occupying the same position or area in space

• the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

• a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

• a flowing together

• a coming together of people

• a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)

• the state of being connected

• an instrumentality that connects

• (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)

• the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination

• a connecting shape

• a supplier (especially of narcotics)

• shifting from one form of transportation to another

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

• the occurrence of two or more things coming together

• the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit

• a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena

• the act of converging (coming closer)

• a point where lines intersect

• a junction where one street or road crosses another

• a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations

• the set of elements common to two or more sets

• a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena

• the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)

• the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)

• the act of joining together as one

• a flowing together

• flowing together

• a connecting point at which several lines come together

• any thickened enlargement

• (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

• (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system

• (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane

• the source of lymph and lymphocytes

• any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part

• (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network

• of trade unions

• an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

• the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

• the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

• the state of being joined or united or linked

• the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

• healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

• a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations

• a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

• the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts

• a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

• the act of making or becoming a single unit

• being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

• the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

• expressing in coherent verbal form

• (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

• the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible

• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

• a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

• become part of; become a member of a group or organization

• cause to become joined or linked

• come into the company of

• make contact or come together

• be or become joined or united or linked

• united or combined

• (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

• a disreputable place of entertainment

• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

• a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

• junction by which parts or objects are joined together

• marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

• affecting or involving two or more

• involving both houses of a legislature

• fit as if by joints

• provide with a joint

• fasten with a joint

• separate (meat) at the joint

• the place where two or more things come together

• the state of being joined together

• the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

• something that joins or connects

• an act of joining or adjoining things

• an event that occurs at a critical time

• a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the time of a particular event

• an opportunity to do something

• give occasion to

• a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made