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The map showed a busy junction.
What does Junction mean?
A junction is a place where routes meet.
Dictionary definition
A place where roads, tracks, paths, or other routes meet or cross.
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Junction in a sentence
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Turn left at the junction near the train station.
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In geography class, we traced where two rivers met at a junction.
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What does junction mean?
A junction is where roads, paths, tracks, or routes meet.
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WordJunction.
Partnoun.
MeaningJunction means A junction is a place where routes meet.
ExampleExample: The map showed a busy junction.
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- junk · shun
- Strongest beat
- junk
- Ending
- shun
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on junk.
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Synonyms
Words like Junction
intersectionUse for a place where roads or lines cross.
crossroadsUse for a place where roads meet.
Antonyms
Opposite words
separationUse when things move apart.
dead endUse for a route that stops instead of meeting another route.
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A junction is a place where routes meet.
Common mix-up
Junction is not the same as separation. Junction means a junction is a place where routes meet.
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Read this model sentence: Turn left at the junction near the train station. Clue words: turn, left, near. Underline clue words that show why junction fits instead of separation. Now write one new sentence that shows junction without using the word junction. Ask: Does my sentence clearly show junction?
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