juncture

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Synonyms: puncture, junctura, uncture, tincture, cincture, lincture, junctures, vincture, junctive, ducture, junctural

Antonyms: puncture, junctura, uncture, tincture, cincture, lincture, junctures, vincture, junctive, ducture, junctural

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Noun

1. A place where things [[join]], a [[junction]].
2. A critical [[moment]] in time.
3. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The manner of moving ([[transition]]) or mode of relationship between two [[consecutive]] [[sound]]s; a [[suprasegmental]] [[phonemic]] [[cue]], by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.

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