junction

C1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #11500

Meanings

1

noun
A place where two or more roads, railways, or routes meet.

Turn left at the next road junction.
2

noun
A point where two things join or come together.

Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.

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2 noun · a point where two things... conjunction

More combination composite fusion juncturemeldingmerger unification union unity

Opposites

cleft disjoint disjunct disjunctiondisunificationdisuniondysjunctionmalunionmisunionseparation

Word family

Forms junctions

Derived forms abjunctiondysjunctionheterojunctionhomojunctionjunctionaljunctionlessjunctionopathymaljunctionmicrojunctionmultijunctionnanojunctionperijunction

Related forms connection crossroad disjoin disjointeddisjunctivedysjunctiveintersection juncture link

Etymology

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

*yewg- Proto-Indo-European iūnctiō Latin

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# junction

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 11500

## Meanings
1. A place where two or more roads, railways, or routes meet.
2. A point where two things join or come together.

## Examples
- Turn left at the next road junction.
- Their collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.

## Synonyms
- combination
- composite
- conjunction
- fusion
- juncture
- melding
- merger
- unification
- union
- unity

## Antonyms
- cleft
- disjoint
- disjunct
- disjunction
- disunification
- disunion
- dysjunction
- malunion
- misunion
- separation

## Derived Forms
- abjunction
- dysjunction
- heterojunction
- homojunction
- junctional
- junctionless
- junctionopathy
- maljunction
- microjunction
- multijunction
- nanojunction
- perijunction

## Related Forms
- connection
- crossroad
- disjoin
- disjointed
- disjunctive
- dysjunctive
- intersection
- juncture
- link

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *yewg-
- Root: iūnctiō

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

## AI Etymology
Junction comes from Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion. The historical chain includes *yewg- (Proto-Indo-European) and iūnctiō (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as abjunction, dysjunction, heterojunction, and homojunction and related forms such as connection, crossroad, and disjoin. In present use it covers a place where two or more roads, railways, or routes meet and a point where two things join or come together.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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