JUNCTURE
juncture
Noun
- A place where things join, a junction.
- A critical moment in time.
- We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.
- The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; 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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