Word Meanings - CONJUNCTURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination. The conjuncture of philosophy and divinity. Hobbes. A fit conjuncture or circumstances. Addison. 2. A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication
Additional info about word: CONJUNCTURE
1. The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination. The conjuncture of philosophy and divinity. Hobbes. A fit conjuncture or circumstances. Addison. 2. A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions. He had recently governed Ireland, at a momentous conjuncture, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity. Macaulay.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONJUNCTURE)
- Exigency
- Urgency
- pressure
- emergency
- conjuncture
- crisis
- Occasion
- Conjuncture
- opportunity
- occurrence
- cause
- need
- event
- reason
- necessity
- opening
- ground
- Season
- Period
- time
- while
- occasion
- suitableness
- timeliness
Related words: (words related to CONJUNCTURE)
- PERIODIC; PERIODICAL
Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. Periodic comet , a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. -- Periodic function , a function whose values - CAUSEFUL
Having a cause. - WHILE
wigl, G. weile, OHG. wila, hwila, hwil, Icel. hvila a bed, hvild rest, Sw. hvila, Dan. hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. 1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. "All - OPENNESS
The quality or state of being open. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - WHILES
1. Meanwhile; meantime. The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour. Sir. W. Scott. 2. sometimes; at times. Sir W. Scott. The whiles. See under While, n. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer. - EVENT
1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay. To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix. - REASONING
1. The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons. 2. That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument. His reasoning was sufficiently profound. Macaulay. - OCCASIONALISM
The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body. - CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. - WHILERE
A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. Helpeth me now as I did you whilere. Chaucer. He who, with all heaven's heraldry, whilere Entered the world. Milton. - PERIODONTAL
Surrounding the teeth. - REASONLESS
1. Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind. Shak. 2. Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable. This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak. - EVENTILATION
The act of eventilating; discussion. Bp. Berkely. - REASONABLY
1. In a reasonable manner. 2. Moderately; tolerably. "Reasonably perfect in the language." Holder. - OPEN SEA
A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum. - GROUNDNUT
The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus - EMERGENCY
1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion. Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency. Glanvill. 2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or - GROUNDLESS
Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - PROPENE
See PROPYLENE - PREVENTATIVE
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - ANTIPERIODIC
A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers. - IMPREVENTABILITY
The state or quality of being impreventable. - PROPENSE
Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.