Crossroads

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of crossroad form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.

    "Near-synonym: intersection"

  3. 3
    a point where a choice must be made wordnet
  4. 4
    A centrally located position. broadly, figuratively

    "The shiny wet black triangle at the crossroads of where her legs split."

  5. 5
    a community of people smaller than a village wordnet
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  1. 6
    A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal. figuratively

    "Well Russia at the present time is at a crossroads. It is often said that the Cold War is over and that the West has won it- that's only half true. Because what has happened is that the communists have been defeated, but the ideas of freedom now are on trial. If they don't work, there will be a reversion to, not communism which has failed, but what I call a new despotism which would pose a mortal danger to the rest of the world because it would be infected with the virus of Russian imperialism which of course has been a characteristic of Russian foreign policy for centuries."

  2. 7
    a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made wordnet
  3. 8
    A fork in the road. nonstandard

    "But first he stopped his car at the crossroads where the highway forked off to Gastmann's house."

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