Crossroads
noun
A place where two or more roads intersect or meet.
She arrived at a crossroads and was unsure which way to go.
Often appears as...
- at the crossroads
- crossroads of life
noun
A point in your life when you have to make an important decision.
After graduation, many students come to a crossroads where they must decide whether to get a job or continue with their studies.
Often appears as...
- at a crossroads
- life’s crossroads
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
The area or place in the center of a town where roads meet and people come to do activities.
The crossroads in our town is always full of life with people selling fresh fruits and vegetables.
Often appears as...
- town crossroads
- busy crossroads
noun
A place where two or more roads intersect or meet.
She arrived at a crossroads and was unsure which way to go.
Often appears as...
- at the crossroads
- crossroads of life
noun
A point in your life when you have to make an important decision.
After graduation, many students come to a crossroads where they must decide whether to get a job or continue with their studies.
Often appears as...
- at a crossroads
- life’s crossroads
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
The area or place in the center of a town where roads meet and people come to do activities.
The crossroads in our town is always full of life with people selling fresh fruits and vegetables.
Often appears as...
- town crossroads
- busy crossroads
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Intersection
The word 'crossroads' can be used to describe any scenario where roads physically cross each other.
A crossroads is often marked by traffic lights.
Pro Tip 2/2Direction Choice
'Crossroads' implies a place where a traveler has multiple paths or decisions to consider.
At the crossroads, the driver had to decide to turn left or right.
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Intersection
The word 'crossroads' can be used to describe any scenario where roads physically cross each other.
A crossroads is often marked by traffic lights.
Pro Tip 2/2Direction Choice
'Crossroads' implies a place where a traveler has multiple paths or decisions to consider.
At the crossroads, the driver had to decide to turn left or right.
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Intersection
The word 'crossroads' can be used to describe any scenario where roads physically cross each other.
A crossroads is often marked by traffic lights.
Pro Tip 2/2Direction Choice
'Crossroads' implies a place where a traveler has multiple paths or decisions to consider.
At the crossroads, the driver had to decide to turn left or right.
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How to shift your...
to avert the tragedy that we see coming towards us. We can no longer afford the luxury of feeling powerless. The truth is that future generations will look back at this precise moment with awe as we stand at the crossroads between a regenerative future and one where we have thrown it all away.
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3 steps to turn everyday...
because human connection is as threatened by unhealthy peace as by unhealthy conflict. I was once working with an architecture firm, and they were at a crossroads. They had to figure out whether they wanted to continue to be an architecture firm
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Ramanan Laxminarayan:...
as natural resources. And so we stand at a crossroads. An option is to go through that rethinking and carefully consider incentives to change how we do business. The alternative is a world in which even a blade of grass
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How nationalism and...
is the only way to tackle big supernational problems, like nuclear proliferation, the global refugee crisis, climate change or terrorism or even the consequences of superhuman AI. So we are at the crossroads,
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The Future Of The Oceans...
that our planet currently has we are at a crossroads right now it's not too late to choose the future we want but we need to act now and we need to act together I hope in my lifetime that we will see
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A broken body isn't a...
know that body is broken it can no longer serve me come on stay with me we can do it we can do it together I was at a crossroads I knew if I didn't return to my body I'd have to leave this world
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Calling for change in...
so so we are at the Arab world we are at a crossroads either we succeed and it creates societies where liberty and dignity is reserved where governments are transparent and accountable where we
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Solar System Exploration:...
so my question is if you have 30 seconds like an elevator pitch for space exploration the importance of it what it could lead to just you'd like you said we're at a crossroads we need to vote
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Playful Adult Gorilla PIPE...
crossroads in his life marimbo is really at that age where he needs to start being a big mature silverback but at the same time he still likes to play one of
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Terlingua's Turning...
the second transcontinental railroad was decided today it's a crossroads for a man's life
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How to shift your...
to avert the tragedy that we see coming towards us. We can no longer afford the luxury of feeling powerless. The truth is that future generations will look back at this precise moment with awe as we stand at the crossroads between a regenerative future and one where we have thrown it all away.
Video examples
3 steps to turn everyday...
because human connection is as threatened by unhealthy peace as by unhealthy conflict. I was once working with an architecture firm, and they were at a crossroads. They had to figure out whether they wanted to continue to be an architecture firm
Video examples
Ramanan Laxminarayan:...
as natural resources. And so we stand at a crossroads. An option is to go through that rethinking and carefully consider incentives to change how we do business. The alternative is a world in which even a blade of grass
Video examples
How nationalism and...
is the only way to tackle big supernational problems, like nuclear proliferation, the global refugee crisis, climate change or terrorism or even the consequences of superhuman AI. So we are at the crossroads,
Video examples
The Future Of The Oceans...
that our planet currently has we are at a crossroads right now it's not too late to choose the future we want but we need to act now and we need to act together I hope in my lifetime that we will see
Video examples
A broken body isn't a...
know that body is broken it can no longer serve me come on stay with me we can do it we can do it together I was at a crossroads I knew if I didn't return to my body I'd have to leave this world
Video examples
Calling for change in...
so so we are at the Arab world we are at a crossroads either we succeed and it creates societies where liberty and dignity is reserved where governments are transparent and accountable where we
Video examples
Solar System Exploration:...
so my question is if you have 30 seconds like an elevator pitch for space exploration the importance of it what it could lead to just you'd like you said we're at a crossroads we need to vote
Video examples
Playful Adult Gorilla PIPE...
crossroads in his life marimbo is really at that age where he needs to start being a big mature silverback but at the same time he still likes to play one of
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Terlingua's Turning...
the second transcontinental railroad was decided today it's a crossroads for a man's life
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Margo Georgiadis
American Businesswoman
As you become more senior in your career, it can be thin at the top - It's harder and harder to get unbiased and direct feedback when making decisions. You want people who will speak truth to power. Say no to any 'yes men or women' on your personal board. When you face a personal crossroads, you need honest advisors.
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Thomas Middleditch
Canadian Actor
Game design has always been a secondary passion. I don't know how to program, though, so I'm at this strange crossroads where I'm like, 'I wonder if I can convince people who know what they're doing to hear me out on one of my ideas.
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Helen Garner
Australian Novelist
Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which way to take. It's not about money, I mean, because I'm established enough now as a writer to get a reasonable advance if I wanted to do fiction.
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Queen Latifah
American Musician
How many crossroads are you allowed to have in life? I seem to have a lot of crossroads. I think maybe I crossed back across the same road too often.
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Flannery O'Connor
American Author
The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indian Leader
There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the crossroads of history and must choose which way to go.
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Gianluca Vialli
Italian Manager
I hope that my story can help inspire others who are at a decisive crossroads in their lives.
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Baron Davis
American Athlete
UCLA is my heart, man. Crossroads changed my life, UCLA made my life.
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LL Cool J
American Musician
Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong.
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Adam Vinatieri
American Athlete
I was at the crossroads of my life when I was 7 years old.
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Margo Georgiadis
American Businesswoman
As you become more senior in your career, it can be thin at the top - It's harder and harder to get unbiased and direct feedback when making decisions. You want people who will speak truth to power. Say no to any 'yes men or women' on your personal board. When you face a personal crossroads, you need honest advisors.
Quote examples
Thomas Middleditch
Canadian Actor
Game design has always been a secondary passion. I don't know how to program, though, so I'm at this strange crossroads where I'm like, 'I wonder if I can convince people who know what they're doing to hear me out on one of my ideas.
Quote examples
Helen Garner
Australian Novelist
Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which way to take. It's not about money, I mean, because I'm established enough now as a writer to get a reasonable advance if I wanted to do fiction.
Quote examples
Queen Latifah
American Musician
How many crossroads are you allowed to have in life? I seem to have a lot of crossroads. I think maybe I crossed back across the same road too often.
Quote examples
Flannery O'Connor
American Author
The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location.
Quote examples
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indian Leader
There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the crossroads of history and must choose which way to go.
Quote examples
Gianluca Vialli
Italian Manager
I hope that my story can help inspire others who are at a decisive crossroads in their lives.
Quote examples
Baron Davis
American Athlete
UCLA is my heart, man. Crossroads changed my life, UCLA made my life.
Quote examples
LL Cool J
American Musician
Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong.
Quote examples
Adam Vinatieri
American Athlete
I was at the crossroads of my life when I was 7 years old.
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