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   Junc·ture

   /ˈjəNG(k)(t)SHər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a particular point in events or time: "it is difficult to say at this juncture whether this upturn can be sustained" Similar pointpoint in timetimemomentmoment in timestageperiodphase
   • ▪ a place where things join: "the plane crashed at the juncture of two mountains" Similar confluenceconvergencemeetingmeeting pointconfluxjunctionwatersmeetsangam
   • ▪ 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.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘act of joining’): from Latin junctura, ‘joint’, from jungere ‘to join’.

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

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