junction

CEFRC1

/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/

noun

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In plain English

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noun
The place where two or more things come together.
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noun
Extra detail
A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.
The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.

In context

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Even rolling news has junctions to meet - headlines on the hour or half-hour, or links to live events, for example.
2007, Gary Hudson, Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook, page 336
In the mid-1930s, when Stalin was looking to make a statement with his new Metro, he consulted Underground engineers, who offered advice to the Russian Minister in charge of the Metro project, Nikita Khrushchev. He was severely told: 'Don't have a Circle Line - too many flat junctions.' Moscow did build a circle line, but with flying junctions, by which one track goes over another.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 66
Try to avoid becoming too predictable or repetitive, particularly at regular junctions.
2010, Peter Stewart, Essential Radio Skills: How to Present a Radio Show

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From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion.