Synonyms for junction


Grammar : Noun
Spell : juhngk-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌŋk ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for junction Other synonyms for the word junction

Définition of junction

Origin :
  • 1711, "act of joining," from Latin iunctionem (nominative iunctio), noun of action from past participle stem of iungere "to join together" (see jugular). Meaning "place where things meet" first attested 1836, American English, originally in reference to railroad tracks.
  • noun connection
Example sentences :
  • This junction O'Neill was determined to defeat, and did defeat it;—but let us not anticipate.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • Once this junction was formed, the Hudson lay open--and after that?
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • It is about two miles from the junction of the Powow River with the Merrimac.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • This was somewhere in what is now central Kansas near Junction City.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Shall you drive to the junction if you hear nothing at the station?
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • The gills are attached to the stem or notched near the junction of the gills and the stem.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • At that moment I caught sight of Flora de Barral at the junction of the two streets.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • So, as she is willing, I shall just leave her at the junction, and go up to London.
  • Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens
  • They seem to form a junction with the corps to the right; they are the Prussians.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • He had told the girl that, on the long, jolty ride from the junction.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower

Antonyms for junction

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