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Meanings of junction in English

Portuguese
ligação
Catalan
unió
Spanish
articulación
Wikidata

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

ligação
Russian
путевой пост
Spanish
empalme
Wikidata

Place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge.

путевой пост
Portuguese
ligação
Catalan
conjunció
Spanish
conjunción

The state of being joined together.

ligação
Portuguese
ligação
Catalan
annexió

An act of joining or adjoining things.

ligação
Usage of junction in English
1
There is also a government tax collection point at junction, officials said.
Reuters
2
It is quite normal to experience long tailbacks at the main junction.
The Irish Times
3
Cycling one morning on a main road I came to a junction.
The Irish Times
4
Turn right at the first junction on to a third class road.
The Irish Times
5
Bioinformatic analysis highlighted several signaling proteins including MAP kinases and cell-junction proteins.
Pubmed
6
The junction appeared deeper; water churned in a putrid eddy of cross-currents.
The water room
7
Capital punishment exists at a paradoxical junction point of civilisation and barbarism.
BBC
8
Works and associated lane and junction changes well signposted, but care needed.
The Irish Times
9
The course of the stream from the point of junction is south-east.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4: ...
10
He took the left turning at the first junction, not even thinking.
The Neutronium Alchemist
11
At nine miles we arrived at a creek junction from the S.W.
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
12
Unsurprisingly, miRNAs regulate junction protein gene expression and control junction structure integrity.
Pubmed
13
Above this junction the waters of the river were clear and sparkling.
By the Golden Gate; Or, San Francisco, the Queen City of the Pac...
14
Just before sunset she reached the junction of the Simujan and Sadong.
Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
15
He crept forward through rusty water to the junction and peered around.
Patient Zero
16
He went on foot, walked down to the junction and turned right.
A quiet vendetta
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Translations for junction
Junction through the time
Junction across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common