crossroads

CEFRB2

/krˈɔˌsroʊdz/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A place where two or more roads cross.
02
noun
A time when an important choice must be made.

Examples

When we came to the crossroads our cab slowed down.
The accident happened at a crossroads.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 3

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Extra meanings

A centrally located position.
A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.

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Near-synonym: intersection
The shiny wet black triangle at the crossroads of where her legs split.
When they came to a crossroads where the road split off into four cardinal directions, Stanton stood squinting up at the signpost for a long time.

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When they came to a crossroads where the road split off into four cardinal directions, Stanton stood squinting up at the signpost for a long time.
2010, M. K. Hobson, The Native Star
The shiny wet black triangle at the crossroads of where her legs split.
2005, Jake Logan, Slocum and the Sierra Madras Gold
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.
1992 March 30, Richard Nixon, 13:46 from the start, in Richard Nixon on ‘Inside Washington’, Richard Nixon Foundation, via Seoul Broadcasting System, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2017
But first he stopped his car at the crossroads where the highway forked off to Gastmann's house.
1955, Therese Pol, The judge and his hangman, translation of original by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, page 48
The Company A commander, Captain Helmer, was at the crossroads where the road split, with the left fork leading to Udenbreth, when he saw a group of men coming toward him.
2005, Phil Nordyke, All American, all the way: the combat history of the 82nd Airborne, page 723

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After losing his job, he felt he was at a blank— in his career path.

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After losing his job, he felt he was at a blank in his career path.