confluence[noun]Synonyms: concourse, concursion, gathering, junction, meeting
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
con‧flu‧ence /ˈkɒnfluəns $ ˈkɑːn-/
noun [singular][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: confluentia, from Latin confluere 'to flow together', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + fluere 'to flow']
1. technical the place where two or more rivers flow together
2. formal a situation in which two or more things combine or happen at the same time
confluence of
a confluence of unhappy events [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲