noun
Meaning 1
plural of crossroad
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crossroads
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noun
Meaning 2
A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: intersection
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intersection
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A centrally located position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Qualifier: by analogy
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A fork in the road.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a point where a choice must be made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: overlap, convergence, intersection
noun
Meaning 7
a community of people smaller than a village
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hamlet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: community
noun
Meaning 8
a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- at that juncture he had no idea what to do
- he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: juncture, critical point
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crisis
Narrower terms: criticality
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
173 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: udhëkryq — intersection
- Arabic: مُفْتَرَق (muftaraq) — intersection
- Arabic: تَقَاطُع (taqāṭuʕ) — intersection
- Arabic: تَقَاطُع (tagāṭuʕ) — intersection
- Arabic: مَفْرَق (mafrag) — intersection
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܪܵܫܬܵܐ (prašta) — intersection
- Armenian: խաչմերուկ (xačʻmeruk) — intersection
- Azerbaijani: dördyol — intersection
- Belarusian: скрыжава́нне (skryžavánnje) — intersection
- Belarusian: ростань (róstanʹ) — intersection
- Bengali: চৌরাস্তা (cōurasta) — intersection
- Bengali: চৌমাখা (cōumakha) — intersection
- Bulgarian: кръсто́вище (krǎstóvište) — intersection
- Bulgarian: кръстопъ́т (krǎstopǎ́t) — intersection
- Burmese: ခွဆုံ (hkwa.hcum) — intersection
- Burmese: လမ်းဆုံ (lam:hcum) — intersection
- Catalan: encreuament — intersection
- Catalan: cruïlla — intersection
- Catalan: creuer — intersection
- Chinese Mandarin: 十字路口 (shízìlùkǒu) — intersection
- Chinese Mandarin: 交叉口 (jiāochākǒu) — intersection
- Chinese Mandarin: 交叉路口 (jiāochā lùkǒu) — intersection
- Czech: rozcestí — intersection
- Czech: křižovatka — intersection
- Danish: vejkryds — intersection
- Dutch: kruising — intersection
- Dutch: kruispunt — intersection
- Esperanto: vojkruco — intersection
- Estonian: teerist — intersection
- Estonian: teelahe — intersection
- Farefare: sorɔpurŋa — intersection
- Finnish: risteys — intersection
- Finnish: tienristeys — intersection
- Finnish: liittymä — intersection
- French: carrefour — intersection
- Galician: encrucillada — intersection
- Galician: cruzamento — intersection
- Galician: intersección — intersection
- Georgian: გზაჯვარედინი (gzaǯvaredini) — intersection
- Georgian: მებოძირი (meboʒiri) — intersection
- German: Kreuzung — intersection
- German: Straßenkreuzung — intersection
- German: Querstraße — intersection
- German: Wegscheide — intersection
- Greek: σταυροδρόμι (stavrodrómi) — intersection
- Ancient Greek: τριοδία (triodía) — intersection
- Hebrew: צוֹמֶת (tsómet) — intersection
- Hindi: चौराहा (caurāhā) — intersection
- Hindi: दोराहा (dorāhā) — intersection
- Hungarian: keresztút — intersection
- Hungarian: útkereszteződés — intersection
- Irish: crosbhóthar — intersection
- Irish: crosaire — intersection
- Irish: crosbhealach — intersection
- Italian: incrocio — intersection
- Italian: crocicchio — intersection
- Japanese: 十字路 (jūjiro) — intersection
- Japanese: 十字街 (jūjigai) — intersection
- Japanese: 交差点 (kōsaten) — intersection
- Japanese: 辻 (tsuji) — intersection
- Kazakh: жол түйіс (jol tüiıs) — intersection
- Kazakh: көше қиылысы (köşe qiylysy) — intersection
- Kazakh: қиылыс (qiylys) — intersection
- Khmer: ត្រឡែងកែង (trɑɑlaeng kaeng) — intersection
- Kimbundu: pambu ia njila — intersection
- Korean: 사거리 (sageori) — intersection
- Korean: 네거리 (negeori) — intersection
- Korean: 교차로 (gyocharo) — intersection
- Northern Kurdish: duriyan — intersection
- Kyrgyz: кесилиш (kesiliş) — intersection
- Lao: ສີ່ແຍກ (sī nyǣk) — intersection
- Lao: ທາງແຍກ (thāng nyǣk) — intersection
- Lao: ທາງຄົບ (thāng khop) — intersection
- Lao: ທະວິບົດ (tha wi bot) — intersection
- Latin: trivium — intersection
- Latin: compita — intersection
- Latvian: krustojums — intersection
- Lithuanian: sankryža — intersection
- Macedonian: крстопат (krstopat) — intersection
- Malay: simpang empat — intersection
- Māori: ara rīpeka — intersection
- Māori: rīpekanga — intersection
- Mongolian: уулзвар (uulzvar) — intersection
- Mongolian: ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠵᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢ (aɣulǰaburi) — intersection
- Norman: carrefour — intersection
- Norwegian Bokmål: gatekryss — intersection
- Norwegian Bokmål: veikryss — intersection
- Norwegian Bokmål: vegkryss — intersection
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gatekryss — intersection
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vegkryss — intersection
- Occitan: caireforc — intersection
- Occitan: capforc — intersection
- Old English: ġelǣte — intersection
- Old English: ġelǣtu — intersection
- Pashto: څلور لارى (calorlãray) — intersection
- Persian: تقاطع (taqâto') — intersection
- Persian: چهارراه (čahârrâh) — intersection
- Polish: skrzyżowanie — intersection
- Polish: rozdroże — intersection
- Polish: rozstaj — intersection
- Portuguese: cruzamento — intersection
- Portuguese: encruzilhada — intersection
- Romanian: răscruce — intersection
- Romanian: intersecție — intersection
- Russian: перекрёсток (perekrjóstok) — intersection
- Russian: перепу́тье (perepútʹje) — intersection
- Russian: распу́тье (raspútʹje) — intersection
- Serbo-Croatian: кри́жа̄ње — intersection
- Serbo-Croatian: ра́скр̄шће — intersection
- Serbo-Croatian: ра́скрсница — intersection
- Serbo-Croatian: ра́скрӣжје — intersection
- Serbo-Croatian: крѝжӣште — intersection
- Serbo-Croatian: крижо̀пӯт — intersection
- Serbo-Croatian: крижо̀пӯће — intersection
- Serbo-Croatian: крсто̀пӯће — intersection
- Slovak: križovatka — intersection
- Slovak: rázcestie — intersection
- Slovene: križišče — intersection
- Spanish: cruce — intersection
- Spanish: crucero — intersection
- Spanish: intersección — intersection
- Spanish: encrucijada — intersection
- Swedish: vägkorsning — intersection
- Swedish: korsning — intersection
- Swedish: gatukorsning — intersection
- Tagalog: sangandaan — intersection
- Tajik: чорраҳа (čorraha) — intersection
- Thai: สี่แยก (sìi-yɛ̂ɛk) — intersection
- Thai: ทางแยก (taang-yɛ̂ɛk) — intersection
- Thai: ชุมทาง (chum-taang) — intersection
- Turkish: kavşak — intersection
- Turkish: dörtyol ağzı — intersection
- Turkmen: çatryk — intersection
- Ukrainian: перехре́сток (perexréstok) — intersection
- Ukrainian: перехре́стя (perexréstja) — intersection
- Unami: mèthakèxën — intersection
- Urdu: چوراہا (caurāhā) — intersection
- Uyghur: تۆت كوچا ئېغىزى (töt kocha ëghizi) — intersection
- Uyghur: تۆت كوچا (töt kocha) — intersection
- Uzbek: chorraha — intersection
- Uzbek: chorsu — intersection
- Vietnamese: ngã tư — intersection
- Vietnamese: ngã ba — intersection
- Walloon: croejhlåde — intersection
- Walloon: croejhåde — intersection
- Yiddish: קרייצוועג (kreytsveg) — intersection
- Finnish: risteyskohta — centrally located position
- Polish: punkt centralny — centrally located position
- Czech: rozcestí — decisive turning point
- Czech: křižovatka — decisive turning point
- Danish: korsvej — decisive turning point
- Danish: skillevej — decisive turning point
- Dutch: keerpunt — decisive turning point
- Esperanto: turnpunkto — decisive turning point
- Finnish: tienhaara — decisive turning point
- Finnish: käännekohta — decisive turning point
- French: croisée des chemins — decisive turning point
- German: Scheideweg — decisive turning point
- Hungarian: válaszút — decisive turning point
- Italian: bivio — decisive turning point
- Italian: punto di svolta — decisive turning point
- Latin: compita — decisive turning point
- Malay: persimpangan — decisive turning point
- Polish: rozdroże — decisive turning point
- Polish: punkt zwrotny — decisive turning point
- Portuguese: encruzilhada — decisive turning point
- Romanian: răscruce — decisive turning point
- Romanian: punct de răscruce — decisive turning point
- Russian: распу́тье (raspútʹje) — decisive turning point
- Spanish: encrucijada — decisive turning point
- Swedish: vägskäl — decisive turning point
- Turkish: yol ayrımı — decisive turning point
- Turkish: dönüm noktası — decisive turning point
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