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Webster 1913 Edition
Conjuncture
Con-junc′ture
(?; 135)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
conjoncture
, LL. conjunctura
.] 1.
The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination.
The
conjuncture
of philosophy and divinity. Hobbes.
A fit
conjuncture
or circumstances. Addison.
2.
A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.
He [Chesterfield] had recently governed Ireland, at a momentous
conjuncture
, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conjuncture
CONJUNCTURE
,Noun.
1.
A joining; a combination or union, as of causes, events or circumstances; as an unhappy conjuncture of affairs.2.
An occasion; a critical time, proceeding from a union of circumstances. Juncture is used in a like sense.At that conjuncture, peace was very desirable.
3.
Union; connection; mode of union; as the conjunctures of letters in words.4.
Connection; union; consistency.I was willing to grant to presbytery what with reason it can pretend to in a conjuncture with episcopacy.
Definition 2024
conjuncture
conjuncture
English
Noun
conjuncture (plural conjunctures)
- A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.
- A set of circumstances causing a crisis; a juncture.
Translations
A combination of events or circumstances
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A set of circumstances causing a crisis
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