different between juncture vs nowadays

English

Etymology

From Latin i?nct?ra. Doublet of jointure.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???k.t??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d???k.t??/, /?d???k.??/

Noun

juncture (plural junctures)

1. A place where things join, a junction.
2. A critical moment in time.

   We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

     What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture.
3. (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.

Usage notes

In highly formal or bureaucratic language, "at this juncture" is often used to mean “now”:

Translations

Latin

Participle

j?nct?re

1. vocative masculine singular of j?nct?rus

English

Alternative forms

• nowaday
• nowadayes (obsolete)
• now-a-days
• now-adays (archaic)
• now a days
• nowdays (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From now +? adays.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?na?.?.de?z/

Adverb

nowadays (not comparable)

1. At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]
   • 1762, A. F. Busching, A New System of Geography, volume 4, translated from German, p.4:

     The appellation of Germany, is seldom used now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz.

   • 2012, Dick Vinegar, The Guardian, 11 Jun 2012:

     My favourite reading nowadays is Pulse, one of the house magazines for GPs.

Synonyms

• (at the present time): currently, in this day and age, now, these days, today

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