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Antonyms for confluence

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-floo-uhns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn flu əns

Definition 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

Synonyms for confluence

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