English-Thai Dictionary

juncture

N ช่วง หัวเลี้ยวหัวต่อ  point of time chang-hua-liao-hua-tor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JUNCTURE

n.[L. junctura; jungo, to join. ] 1. A joining; union; amity; as the juncture of hearts. [Little used. ]
2. A union of two bodies; a seam; particularly, a joint or articulation.
3. The line or point at which two bodies are joined.
4. A point of time; particularly, a point rendered critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

JUNCTURE

Junc "ture, n. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

juncture

junc ture |ˈjəNGkCHər ˈʤəŋ (k )tʃər | ▶noun a particular point in events or time: it is difficult to say at this juncture whether this upturn can be sustained. • a place where things join: the plane crashed at the juncture of two mountains. • Phonetics the set of features in speech that enable a hearer to detect a word or phrase boundary, e.g., distinguishing I scream from ice cream . ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘act of joining ’): from Latin junctura ‘joint, ’ from jungere ‘to join. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

juncture

juncture |ˈdʒʌŋ (k )tʃə | ▶noun 1 a particular point in events or time: it is difficult to say at this juncture whether this upturn can be sustained. 2 a place where things join: the plane crashed at the juncture of two mountains. 3 Phonetics the set of features in speech that enable a hearer to detect a word or phrase boundary (e.g. distinguishing I scream from ice cream ). ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘act of joining ’): from Latin junctura, ‘joint ’, from jungere ‘to join ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

juncture

juncture noun 1 at this juncture, I am unable to tell you: point, point in time, time, moment, moment in time; period, occasion, phase. 2 the juncture of the pipes. See junction (sense 1 ). 3 the juncture of the rivers. See junction (sense 2 ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

juncture

juncture noun 1 at this juncture, I cannot give any further information | a critical juncture in her career: point, point in time, time, moment, moment in time, stage; period, phase. 2 the juncture of the pipes. See junction (sense 1 ). 3 the juncture of the rivers. See junction (sense 2 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

juncture

junc ture /dʒʌ́ŋ (k )tʃə r /名詞 1 C ｟かたく ｠〖通例単数形で 〗(重大な )時期, 時点, 正念場, 急場 ▸ at this juncture この重大時に .2 C 接合点 [線 ], 継ぎ目, 連絡地 ; U 接合, 接続, 連結 (junction ).3 U C 〘音声 〙連接 .