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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Juncture \Junc"ture\ (j[u^][ng]k"t[-u]r; 135), n. [L. junctura,
     fr. jungere to join. See Jointure.]
     1. A joining; a union; an alliance. [Obs.] ``Devotional
        compliance and juncture of hearts.'' --Eikon Basilike.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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. --Boyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a
        concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an
        exigency. ``Extraordinary junctures.'' --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In such a juncture, what can the most plausible and
              refined philosophy offer?             --Berkeley.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Juncture \Junc"ture\, n. [L. junctura, fr. jungere to join. See
     Jointure.]
     1. A joining; a union; an alliance. [Obs.] ``Devotional
        compliance and juncture of hearts.'' --Eikon Basilike.
  
     2. 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. --Boyle.
  
     3. A point of time; esp., one made critical or important by a
        concurrence of circumstances; hence, a crisis; an
        exigency. ``Extraordinary junctures.'' --Addison.
  
              In such a juncture, what can the most plausible and
              refined philosophy offer?             -- Berkeley.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  juncture
       n 1: 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" [syn: occasion]
       2: 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" [syn: critical point, crossroads]
       3: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
          connection is made [syn: articulation, join, joint,
          junction]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  juncture
     n.
     1 A place where things join, a junction.
     2 A critical moment in time.
     3 (lb en linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of
  relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic
  cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical
  sequences of sounds that have different meanings.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  juncture
     n.
     1 A place where things join, a junction.
     2 A critical moment in time.
     3 (lb en linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of
  relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic
  cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical
  sequences of sounds that have different meanings.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  juncture
     n.
     1 A place where things join, a junction.
     2 A critical moment in time.
     3 (lb en linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of
  relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic
  cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical
  sequences of sounds that have different meanings.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  juncture
     n.
     1 A place where things join, a junction.
     2 A critical moment in time.
     3 (lb en linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of
  relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic
  cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical
  sequences of sounds that have different meanings.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  juncture
     Englanti n.
     1 kriittinen vaihe, käännekohta
     2 liitoskohta
     3 painotustauko

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Juncture /dʒˈʌŋktʃə/
  نقطة الإتصال

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  juncture //ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)// //ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ// //ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃɚ// 
  1. критичен момент
  critical moment in time
  2. съединение, шев
  junction

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  juncture /dʒˈʌŋktʃə/
  důležitý okamžik

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  juncture /dʒˈʌŋktʃə/
  Verbindungsstelle , Verbindung , Übergang  [constr.]  [techn.]
     Synonyms: junction, join, joint
  
   see: junctures, junctions, joins, joints
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  juncture /dʒˈʌŋktʃə/
  bestimmter Zeitpunkt , Punkt 
           Note: im Verlauf eines Vorgangs
        "It is difficult to say at this juncture whether …"  - Zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt lässt sich schwer vorhersagen, ob …
        "At this juncture, I suggest we take a short break."  - So, jetzt schlage ich vor, dass wir eine kurze Pause einlegen.
        "At this juncture, I would like to request all present here to stand up."  - An dieser Stelle möchte ich alle Anwesenden auffordern, sich zu erheben.
        "At this juncture it looks like they are going to get a divorce."  - So wie es jetzt aussieht, werden sie sich scheiden lassen.
        "Negotiations are at a critical juncture / have reached a critical juncture."  - Die Verhandlungen sind an einem kritischen Punkt angelangt/haben einen kritischen Punkt erreicht.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  juncture /dʒˈʌŋktʃə/
  Zusammentreffen von zwei Punkten, Kreuzungspunkt 
        "the juncture of two rivers"  - das Zusammentreffen zweier Flüsse
        "The plane crashed at the juncture of two mountains."  - Das Flugzeug stürzte am Kreuzungspunkt zweier Gebirge ab.

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  juncture //ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)// //ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ// //ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃɚ// 
  1. käännekohta
  critical moment in time
  2. risteys
  junction
  3. junktuuri
  manner of transition between two consecutive sounds

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  juncture /dʒˈʌŋktʃə/ 
  1. समय, परिस्थिति
        "At this juncture I can't afford to chuck my job."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  juncture /dʒˈʌŋktʃə/
  mjesto spajanje, stanje stvari, stjecaj, trenutak

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  juncture /dʒˈʌŋktʃə/
  1. csukló
  2. helyzet
  3. ereszték
  4. egybeesés
  5. krízis
  6. egyesülés helye
  7. fordulat
  8. összetalálkozás

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  juncture /ˈʤʌŋkʧə/
    [form]  at this juncture (:at :this :juncture)
   - w tym momencie

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  juncture /dʒˈʌŋktʃə/
  1. bitişme, bağlantı, irtibat
  2. oynak yeri, mafsal
  3. dikiş yeri
  4. nazik zaman, mühim an
  5. aralık, vakit, zaman.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdʒəŋktʃɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "juncture":
     ankle, articulation, boundary, butt, caesura, cervix, circumstance,
     clause boundary, clause terminal, clinch, close juncture, closure,
     colon, comma, condition, conjuncture, connecting link,
     connecting rod, connection, contingency, coupling, crisis,
     crossroads, crux, day, dovetail, elbow, embrace, emergency, event,
     eventuality, exigency, falling terminal, fateful moment,
     gliding joint, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hour, incident, instant,
     interface, interval, join, joining, joint, junction, kairos, knee,
     knuckle, link, minute, miter, moment, moment of truth, mortise,
     neck, occasion, occurrence, open juncture, pass, pause, period,
     pinch, pivot, pivot joint, plight, point, posture, predicament,
     pregnant moment, psychological moment, quandary, rabbet,
     rising terminal, sandhi, scarf, seam, season, semicolon, shoulder,
     situation, space, span, spell, stage, state, status, stitch, stop,
     strait, stretch, suture, symphysis, terminal, tie rod, time,
     time lag, toggle, toggle joint, turning point, union, weld, while,
     word boundary, wrist, zero hour
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 接合,连接,接缝;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 结合,结合点;时机,关头,关键时刻

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