Synonyms for confluence

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kon-floo-uhns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn flu əns

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Définition of confluence

Origin : early 15c., from Late Latin confluentia, from Latin confluentem (nominative confluens), present participle of confluere "to flow together," from com- "together" (see com-) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).

noun coming together

Example sentences :

That river has a cataract or fall, at about an hundred and fifty leagues from its confluence.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

He also bewailed the fact that he had been born at what he called the confluence of Hugo and Balzac.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

The confluence of the Oostanaula and Etowa at this point forms the Coosa.
Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott

His dwelling is far off, "at the confluence of the streams."
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

Kercha, one of the four streams forming the confluence of streams, 506.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

Then they took me and placed me in the distance, at the confluence of the streams.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

Karun, one of the four streams forming the confluence of streams, 506.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

Later we find them at the confluence of the Wolf and the Fox.
Extract from : « The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin » by Frederick Jackson Turner

But I think I heard you mention a village at the confluence of these rivers.
Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne

It was my fortune to witness the confluence of two of these descendant bodies.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

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