How do you use Confluence in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like meeting or merging, plus the exact meaning.
Confluence meaning
- The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
- The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
Synonyms of Confluence
Using Confluence
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet. | The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet. | The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
- Useful related words include: meeting, merging, geographic point, geographical point.
- In the example corpus, confluence often appears in combinations such as: confluence of, the confluence, confluence with.
Context around Confluence
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Confluence
- In this selection, "confluence" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, finest, kogi, finally, investment, stadium and hotel stand out and add context to how "confluence" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include confluence investment management and at the confluence of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "confluence" sits close to words such as adherents, admirers and agitated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with confluence
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The price includes the confluence, breakfast and evening networking. (9 words)
Due to the confluence of multiple transport modes, the area is congested. (12 words)
A confluence of events in the first part of 2023 may have changed that equation, however. (16 words)
The report cites a 2021 study by Colorado Parks and Wildlife in which a trout was captured in a clean tributary only inches upstream from its confluence with Lincoln Creek and then exposed to the water collected in Lincoln only a few inches downstream. (44 words)
The first project, costing £900,000, centres around the Rea Brook, which flows from Marton Pool past Minsterley, Pontesbury, Hanwood and Bayston Hill to its confluence with the River Severn in the centre of Shrewsbury at Coleham Head. (38 words)
The fertile site at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers once hosted a dairy operation and a cluster of crop fields owned by one of the county’s most prominent farmers. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Something unique: “‘In 1721, French explorer Father Pierre Francois de Charlevoix wrote of the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, “I believe this is the finest confluence in the world.
Abubakar made the pledge while addressing a mammoth crowd at the Kogi Confluence Stadium, venue of the PDP Presidential Campaign rally in Lokoja.
A confluence of events in the first part of 2023 may have changed that equation, however.
Confluence Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Baidu, Inc. () in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC.
Confluence Investment Management LLC’s holdings in MercadoLibre were worth $355,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Confluence Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Procter & Gamble were worth $21,324,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Due to the confluence of multiple transport modes, the area is congested.
Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine.
Finally, Confluence Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Fidelity National Financial by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter.
In this case, we should see a pullback into the previous swing low level where we can also find the 50% Fibonacci retracement level and the lower bound of the channel for confluence.
It is the confluence of degrees, the one above greater than the prior, and it tells us that the next high will be of even more importance than the prior high.
It sits on the River Cover, just 150 metres from the confluence with the River Ure.
The central courtyard of the soon-to-open Confluence Hotel in Hastings on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.
The confluence of factors that led to that period’s e-commerce and payments growth was unique.
The fertile site at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers once hosted a dairy operation and a cluster of crop fields owned by one of the county’s most prominent farmers.
The first project, costing £900,000, centres around the Rea Brook, which flows from Marton Pool past Minsterley, Pontesbury, Hanwood and Bayston Hill to its confluence with the River Severn in the centre of Shrewsbury at Coleham Head.
The price includes the confluence, breakfast and evening networking.
The report cites a 2021 study by Colorado Parks and Wildlife in which a trout was captured in a clean tributary only inches upstream from its confluence with Lincoln Creek and then exposed to the water collected in Lincoln only a few inches downstream.
The RSF accused the Army of violating it with air strikes on its bases in Omdurman, Khartoum's sister city at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, and Mount Awliya.
This year’s Lytton River Festival will give attendees a chance to visit the confluence of the Fraser and Thompson rivers.
Common combinations with confluence
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- confluence of 92×
- the confluence 88×
- confluence with 19×
- confluence investment 12×
- its confluence 9×
- to confluence 6×
- confluence stadium 5×
- river confluence 5×
- and confluence 4×
- of confluence 4×