confluence
/KON-floo-unss/nounthe junction of two rivers; a coming together of factors
“The crisis was a confluence of drought, debt, and bad timing.”
- Synonyms
- convergence, junction, meeting
- Antonyms
- divergence
- Root
- flu- (flow)
- Memory hook
- con (together) + fluence (flow): flows meeting.
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