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Definition of crossroads noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

crossroads

noun
 
/ˈkrɒsrəʊdz/
 
/ˈkrɔːsrəʊdz/
(North American English also crossroad)
(plural crossroads)
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  1. a place where two roads meet and cross each other
    • At the next crossroads, turn right.
    • Turn right at the next crossroads.
    • (figurative) He has reached a career crossroads (= he must decide which way to go next in his career).
    see also intersection, junctionTopics Transport by car or lorryb2
Idioms
at a/the crossroads
  1. at an important point in somebody’s life or development
    • We are standing at an important crossroads in the history of Europe.
    • I knew I was at the crossroads of my career.
See crossroads in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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