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confluence
[ kon-floo-uhns ]
noun
- a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like:
the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
- their place of junction:
St. Louis is at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
- a body of water formed by the flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like.
- a coming together of people or things; concourse.
- a crowd or throng; assemblage.
confluence
/ ˈkɒnflʊəns; ˈkɒnflʌks /
noun
- a merging or flowing together, esp of rivers
- a gathering together, esp of people
confluence
/ kŏn′flo̅o̅-əns /
- A flowing together of two or more streams or two or more glaciers.
- The point of juncture of such streams or glaciers.
- The combined stream or glacier formed by this juncture.
Word History and Origins
Origin of confluence1
Example Sentences
They are a part of a pattern of growing fire risk, emerging from a confluence of factors exacerbated by humans, spanning from ignitions to urban planning to forest management to climate change.
While that strange confluence of events may have surprised many, it didn’t surprise Lyric Jain, a 24-year-old, Cambridge-educated engineer who lives in the United Kingdom.
Still, thanks to a confluence of events — from a battering of the broader retail industry to the runaway growth of Amazon specifically — both big and small fulfillment centers are beginning to spring up and fast.
Then overnight, the confluence of two potent forces shrank what looked like a long timetable.
For the publishing industry, this confluence of disruption has had a massive impact of on advertising revenue.
Near the confluence of these two rivers a tiny bridge spans the gap connecting the Korengal with the Pech.
It may have been a confluence of factors, but going bald eagle became not so much a choice as an expectation.
A confluence of events so seemingly magical made for a mostly charmed film shoot.
At the same time, in a happy confluence of technology and history, Bush had an app on his iPad that he could use to draw pictures.
Is that a fair reading, or do you see more confluence between you and Reihan/Ross than I'm suggesting?
Washington attacked a French encampment at the confluence of the Alleghany and Monongahela.
At the confluence of these two rivers there was the finest assemblage of Savages that I have yet seen.
Small craw-fish387 go up as far as the mountains,388 and the larger as far as the confluence of the Indus and the Acesines.
Erdil is a tiny derelict Christian village situated in the Oramar valley a little above its confluence with the Zab.
Between these rivers, and nestling inside of their very confluence, reposes Harper's Ferry.
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