Standard Lemma guide

junction

name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/
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  • rhymes with -ʌŋkʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: JH AH1 NG K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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2

name

Meaning 2

A city, the county seat of Kimble County, Texas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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3

name

Meaning 3

A small town, the county seat of Piute County, Utah, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

name

Meaning 4

An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The act of joining, or the state of being joined.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Turn left at the next road junction.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A place where two or more railways or railroads meet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Examples

  • The two rail lines meet at a major junction.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

noun

Meaning 9

The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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10

noun

Meaning 10

A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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11

noun

Meaning 11

A kind of symbolic link to a directory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Microsoft Windows

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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12

noun

Meaning 12

In the Raku programming language, a construct representing a composite of several values connected by an operator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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13

noun

Meaning 13

electrical junction: a point or area where multiple conductors or semiconductors make physical contact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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14

verb

Meaning 14

To form a junction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • critical junction
  • symbolic junction
  • The company is at a critical junction in its development.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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15

noun

Meaning 15

an act of joining or adjoining things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adjunction

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: joining, connection, connexion

16

noun

Meaning 16

the place where two or more things come together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: topographic point, place, spot

Narrower terms: interchange, intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour, railway junction, T-junction, traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout

17

noun

Meaning 17

something that joins or connects

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conjunction

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective

Narrower terms: contact, tangency, joint, junction barrier, barrier strip, splice, splicing, thermojunction

18

noun

Meaning 18

the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: articulation, join, joint, juncture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: connection, connexion, link

Narrower terms: esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction

19

noun

Meaning 19

the state of being joined together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conjunction, conjugation, colligation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: union, unification

Narrower terms: anastomosis, inosculation, synapse

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: съединяване (sǎedinjavane) — the act of joining
  • Bulgarian: свързване (svǎrzvane) — the act of joining
  • Danish: samling — the act of joining
  • Danish: kobling — the act of joining
  • Danish: sammenkobling — the act of joining
  • Dutch: samenkomst — the act of joining
  • Dutch: samenvloeiing — the act of joining
  • Dutch: aansluiting — the act of joining
  • Finnish: liitos — the act of joining
  • French: jonction — the act of joining
  • Friulian: zontadure — the act of joining
  • Georgian: შეერთება (šeerteba) — the act of joining
  • Georgian: გაერთიანება (gaertianeba) — the act of joining
  • German: Kreuzung — the act of joining
  • Greek: ένωση (énosi) — the act of joining
  • Ancient Greek: ἁρμογή (harmogḗ) — the act of joining
  • Italian: giunzione — the act of joining
  • Italian: giunto — the act of joining
  • Italian: raccordo — the act of joining
  • Italian: innesto — the act of joining
  • Japanese: 接合 (setsugō) — the act of joining
  • Latin: iūnctiō — the act of joining
  • Persian: پیوند (peyvand) — the act of joining
  • Portuguese: junção — the act of joining
  • Romanian: joncțiune — the act of joining
  • Russian: соедине́ние (sojedinénije) — the act of joining
  • Russian: объедине́ние (obʺjedinénije) — the act of joining
  • Serbo-Croatian: спо̑ј — the act of joining
  • Serbo-Croatian: spȏj — the act of joining
  • Spanish: juntamiento — the act of joining
  • Swahili: makutano — the act of joining
  • Welsh: cysylltiad — the act of joining
  • Armenian: հանգույց (hanguycʻ) — a place where two things meet
  • Azerbaijani: qovşaq — a place where two things meet
  • Bulgarian: съединение (sǎedinenie) — a place where two things meet
  • Czech: křižovatka — a place where two things meet
  • Danish: knudepunkt — a place where two things meet
  • Dutch: knooppunt n verbindingspunt — a place where two things meet
  • Dutch: aansluiting — a place where two things meet
  • Dutch: samenkomst — a place where two things meet
  • Finnish: liitoskohta — a place where two things meet
  • French: jonction — a place where two things meet
  • Georgian: შესართავი (šesartavi) — a place where two things meet
  • Georgian: შეერთების წერტილი (šeertebis c̣erṭili) — a place where two things meet
  • German: Kreuzung — a place where two things meet
  • German: Knotenpunkt — a place where two things meet
  • Hebrew: צומת (tsomet) — a place where two things meet
  • Hungarian: kereszteződés — a place where two things meet
  • Irish: acomhal — a place where two things meet
  • Irish: comhrac — a place where two things meet
  • Italian: incrocio — a place where two things meet
  • Italian: giunto — a place where two things meet
  • Italian: giunzione — a place where two things meet
  • Japanese: 合流点 (gōryūten) — a place where two things meet
  • Japanese: ジャンクション (jankushon) — a place where two things meet
  • Latin: ambivium — a place where two things meet
  • Malayalam: കവല (kavala) — a place where two things meet
  • Māori: pūruatanga — a place where two things meet
  • Māori: pūtahitanga — a place where two things meet
  • Māori: tūtakitanga — a place where two things meet
  • Māori: komititanga — a place where two things meet
  • Marathi: जोड (joḍ) — a place where two things meet
  • Marathi: सांधा (sāndhā) — a place where two things meet
  • Marathi: संगम (saṅgam) — a place where two things meet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: knutepunkt — a place where two things meet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: knutepunkt — a place where two things meet
  • Portuguese: junção — a place where two things meet
  • Portuguese: junta — a place where two things meet
  • Portuguese: entroncamento — a place where two things meet
  • Russian: соедине́ние (sojedinénije) — a place where two things meet
  • Russian: перекрёсток (perekrjóstok) — a place where two things meet
  • Spanish: juntura — a place where two things meet
  • Spanish: entronque — a place where two things meet
  • Spanish: encrucijada — a place where two things meet
  • Swedish: knutpunkt — a place where two things meet
  • Swedish: vägkors — a place where two things meet
  • Tocharian B: meske — a place where two things meet
  • Turkish: kesişim — a place where two things meet
  • Vietnamese: giao điểm — a place where two things meet
  • Welsh: cyswllt — a place where two things meet
  • Welsh: cysylltiad — a place where two things meet
  • Esperanto: vojkruciĝo — place where railways meet
  • Turkish: makas — place where railways meet
  • Welsh: cyffordd — place where railways meet
  • Dutch: las — the boundary between two materials
  • Dutch: voeg — the boundary between two materials
  • Dutch: naad — the boundary between two materials
  • German: Grenzzone — the boundary between two materials
  • Japanese: 接点 (setten) — the boundary between two materials
  • Japanese: for semiconductors 接合 (setsugō) — the boundary between two materials
  • Russian: соедине́ние (sojedinénije) — the boundary between two materials
  • Welsh: cysylltle — the boundary between two materials
  • Indonesian: sambungan — electrical junction
  • Malay: simpangan — electrical junction
  • Spanish: junción — electrical junction
  • Spanish: yunción — electrical junction
  • Spanish: empalme — electrical junction
  • Welsh: cysylltle — electrical junction
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