conjuncture

English

Etymology

From French conjoncture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkənd͡ʒʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/

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Noun

conjuncture (plural conjunctures)

1. A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.
   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

     To be sitting, at so pleasant a conjuncture of one's courses, in oneself, by oneself, that I think it will freely be admitted is a way no worse than another, and better than some, of whiling away an instant of leisure.

2. A set of circumstances causing a crisis; a juncture.

Derived terms

• conjunctural

 

Translations

combination of events or circumstances

• Belarusian: кан'юнкту́ра f (kanʺjunktúra)
• Bulgarian: стече́ние на обстоя́телствата n (stečénie na obstojátelstvata)
• Czech: shoda okolností f
• Dutch: conjunctuur (nl) f
• Finnish: konjunktuuri
• French: conjoncture (fr) f
• German: Konjunktur (de) f
• Greek: συγκυρία (el) f (sygkyría)
• Macedonian: единство n (edinstvo)
• Manx: co-whailtys m
• Portuguese: conjuntura (pt) f
• Russian: конъюнкту́ра (ru) f (konʺjunktúra), стече́ние обстоя́тельств (ru) n (stečénije obstojátelʹstv), положе́ние дел n (položénije del)
• Turkish: konjonktür (tr)
• Ukrainian: кон'юнкту́ра (uk) f (konʺjunktúra), збіг обста́вин m (zbih obstávyn)
• Urdu: موضع m (mauze', mauza')

set of circumstances causing a crisis

• Belarusian: кан'юнкту́ра f (kanʺjunktúra)
• Bulgarian: конюнкту́ра (bg) f (konjunktúra)
• Macedonian: конјунктура f (konjunktura)
• Russian: конъюнкту́ра (ru) f (konʺjunktúra), стече́ние обстоя́тельств (ru) n (stečénije obstojátelʹstv), положе́ние дел n (položénije del)
• Ukrainian: кон'юнкту́ра (uk) f (konʺjunktúra)

Further reading

• “conjuncture”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Participle

conjūnctūre

1. vocative masculine singular of conjūnctūrus