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juncture (noun) – 1. (a) The act of joining or the condition of being joined.
(b) A place where two things are joined; a junction or joint.
- A point in time, especially one requiring a decision to be made.
- The transition or mode of transition from one sound to another in speech.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : Juncture has many relatives—both obvious and obscure—in English. Juncture derives from the Latin verb jungere (“to join”), which gave us not only join and junction but also conjugal (“relating to marriage”) and junta (“a group of persons controlling a government”). Jungere also has distant etymological connections to joust, jugular, juxtapose, yoga, and yoke. The use of juncture in English dates back to the 14th century. Originally, the word meant “a place where two or more things are joined,” but by the 17th century it could also be used of an important point in time or of a stage in a process or activity.
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