The place where two or more rivers flow together, or more generally, a coming together of people, ideas, or events.
From Latin *confluentia*, from *con-* "together" + *fluere* "to flow." It originally described rivers and streams joining into one body of water.
A confluence is like a team-up episode for rivers or ideas. When people talk about a "confluence of factors," they’re saying a lot of separate streams all flowed together to create one big outcome.
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