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juncture

 
Noun juncture has 3 senses
  1. juncture, occasion - 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"
    --1 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
    --1 has particulars:
     pass, head, straits; climax, flood tide; conjuncture; crisis; landmark, turning point, watershed; milestone
  2. juncture, critical point, crossroads - 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"
    --2 is a kind of crisis
    --2 has particulars: criticality
  3. articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
    --3 is a kind of connection, connexion, link
    --3 has particulars: esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
    Derived form: verb join5
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