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conjuncture

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkənd͡ʒʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A set of circumstances causing a crisis; a juncture.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a critical combination of events or circumstances

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: juncture, occasion

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French conjoncture.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: кан'юнкту́ра (kanʺjunktúra) — combination of events or circumstances
  • Bulgarian: стече́ние на обстоя́телствата (stečénie na obstojátelstvata) — combination of events or circumstances
  • Czech: shoda okolností — combination of events or circumstances
  • Dutch: conjunctuur — combination of events or circumstances
  • Finnish: konjunktuuri — combination of events or circumstances
  • French: conjoncture — combination of events or circumstances
  • German: Konjunktur — combination of events or circumstances
  • Greek: συγκυρία (sygkyría) — combination of events or circumstances
  • Macedonian: единство (edinstvo) — combination of events or circumstances
  • Manx: co-whailtys — combination of events or circumstances
  • Portuguese: conjuntura — combination of events or circumstances
  • Russian: конъюнкту́ра (konʺjunktúra) — combination of events or circumstances
  • Russian: стече́ние обстоя́тельств (stečénije obstojátelʹstv) — combination of events or circumstances
  • Russian: положе́ние дел (položénije del) — combination of events or circumstances
  • Spanish: conjuntura — combination of events or circumstances
  • Turkish: konjonktür — combination of events or circumstances
  • Ukrainian: кон'юнкту́ра (konʺjunktúra) — combination of events or circumstances
  • Ukrainian: збіг обста́вин (zbih obstávyn) — combination of events or circumstances
  • Urdu: موضع (mauze', mauza') — combination of events or circumstances
  • Belarusian: кан'юнкту́ра (kanʺjunktúra) — set of circumstances causing a crisis
  • Bulgarian: конюнкту́ра (konjunktúra) — set of circumstances causing a crisis
  • Macedonian: конјунктура (konjunktura) — set of circumstances causing a crisis
  • Russian: конъюнкту́ра (konʺjunktúra) — set of circumstances causing a crisis
  • Russian: стече́ние обстоя́тельств (stečénije obstojátelʹstv) — set of circumstances causing a crisis
  • Russian: положе́ние дел (položénije del) — set of circumstances causing a crisis
  • Ukrainian: кон'юнкту́ра (konʺjunktúra) — set of circumstances causing a crisis