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crossroads

[ UK /kɹˈɒsɹə‍ʊdz/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹɔsˌɹoʊdz/ ]
NOUN
  1. a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
    at that juncture he had no idea what to do
    he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
  2. a point where a choice must be made
    Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology
  3. a community of people smaller than a village

How To Use crossroads In A Sentence

  • If you've been to the crossroads, and made the deal, and got the mojo — which turns out to be dependent on a great deal of hard work and practice, just like sleight-of-hand — wouldn't you maybe get a trifle riled by that kind of misjudgment from time to time? Cops and Robbers
  • On Tuesday there was a serious accident at the crossroads at Tzanov Boulevard and Ivanov Street at 9pm when one driver jumped a red light.
  • All I could hear in the hush was the birds tweeting until, suddenly ahead of me, a lithe lad in Lycra darted over a crossroads like a rabbit scuttling for cover.
  • There are no teachers to check on progress, and only a few mothers at some crossroads to oversee road crossing.
  • Logistics in the automotive industry is at a crossroads.
  • Britain has reached a crossroads. Times, Sunday Times
  • We shall contest every river, every crossroads, every village, every town, and every kopje. Rainbow’s End
  • One other authority has a joint budget with the health authority, funding a crossroads care attendant scheme and health care assistants.
  • You turn sharp right at the crossroads.
  • I think today our nation is at the crossroads where a serious reflection on the direction of our policies is a matter of uttermost urgency.
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