English dictionary
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English noun: crossroads | |||
| 1. | crossroads (group) a community of people smaller than a village | ||
| Synonyms | hamlet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | community | ||
| 2. | crossroads (state) a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made | ||
| Samples | At that juncture he had no idea what to do. He must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point. | ||
| Synonyms | critical point, juncture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crisis | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | criticality | ||
| 3. | crossroads (cognition) a point where a choice must be made | ||
| Samples | Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convergence, intersection, overlap | ||
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