juncture
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an event that occurs at a critical time
at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave
Types & categories
- happening hypernym
- climax hyponym
- conjuncture hyponym
- crisis hyponym
- turning point hyponym
- milestone hyponym
- straits hyponym
- reality check hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
at that juncture he had no idea what to do
Types & categories
- crisis hypernym
- criticality hyponym
Sense 3 noun
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
Types & categories
- connexion hypernym
- esophagogastric junction hyponym
Related & opposite
- joint derivation
- articulate derivation
- link up derivation
- joint derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | climax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conjuncture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crisis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | turning point |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | milestone |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | straits |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reality check |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | crisis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | criticality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | joint |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | articulate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | link up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | joint |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | connexion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | esophagogastric junction |