conjuncture

A noun referring to a critical or important combination of events, circumstances, or conditions, often at a decisive point in time.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une rencontre critique ou importante de circonstances, d'événements ou de conditions, souvent à un moment décisif. Il peut aussi se référer à la situation économique ou politique du moment, ou à un état de crise.

1. Critical combination of events C1 formal

   A specific and often critical combination of events, circumstances, or factors that create a particular situation.

   • The economic crisis was a result of a unique conjuncture of global events.
   • At this conjuncture, the company must decide whether to expand or downsize.
   • The political conjuncture led to an unexpected alliance between the two parties.

   🇫🇷Conjoncture critique

   Synonymes: combinationconcurrenceconvergencecrisisjuncturenexus

• conjunctures plural form
• conjunctures' possessive plural form
• conjuncture's possessive singular form