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Definitions for CROSSROADS
cross·roads

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hamlet, crossroadsnoun

    a community of people smaller than a village

  2. juncture, critical point, crossroadsnoun

    a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

    "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"

  3. crossroadsnoun

    a point where a choice must be made

    "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"

Wiktionary

  1. crossroadsnoun

    A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.

  2. crossroadsnoun

    A centrally located position

  3. crossroadsnoun

    A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change direction, course, or goal.

  4. crossroadsnoun

    A fork in the road.

Wikipedia

  1. Crossroads

    "Tha Crossroads is a song written and performed by hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, taken from their album E. 1999 Eternal and released in 1996. The song is dedicated to the group's mentor, the late gangsta rap icon Eazy-E, and other family members. The song was the highest-debuting rap single when it debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It is their biggest selling single, reaching number one on the Hot 100, and in 1997, the song won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

ChatGPT

  1. crossroads

    A crossroads is a point where two or more roads intersect, forming a junction. It can also figuratively refer to a point in life where a critical decision must be made which will substantially influence the future.

Wikidata

  1. Crossroads

    In folk magic and mythology, crossroads may represent a location "between the worlds" and, as such, a site where supernatural spirits can be contacted and paranormal events can take place. Symbolically, it can mean a locality where two realms touch and therefore represents liminality, a place literally "neither here nor there", "betwixt and between".

Rap Dictionary

  1. crossroadsnoun

    The Afterlife, mostly heaven. See you at the crossroads so you wont be lonely -- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Tha Crossroads)

Suggested Resources

  1. crossroads

    Song lyrics by crossroads -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by crossroads on the Lyrics.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CROSSROADS in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CROSSROADS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of CROSSROADS in a Sentence

  1. Kevin McLaughlin:

    Collins is everything Georgians hate about Washington, he is a swamp creature that claims to be conservative. ... Now, having made an emotional, ill-informed and selfish decision, he finds himself at a crossroads. Republicans who are working to reelect President Trump and retain the Senate majority hope he has a moment of clarity, does the right thing and walks away from this poor decision. Otherwise, voters will make it for him.

  2. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich:

    Trump is going to be at a crossroads by March 16. Do I become Reagan or become Goldwater? he has to recognize they have the ability to withhold their support.

  3. Simone Borelli:

    I think a good case in point is Seoul, in South Korea -- they actually took out an entire motorway (in the city center) and put the river in there with trees and plants, in Manila, they are establishing miniature parks wherever they can -- crossroads, along the railway, old industrial areas -- there's a lot of urban space that is wasteland, so there are areas that can be converted.

  4. Jason Aldean:

    Where you were raised has such a big influence on who you become and for me it's no different... especially from a music standpoint, my little hometown of Macon was heavily instrumental in my musical background. Growing up in an environment that was a crossroads between Country music, Southern rock, blues and RB, it was just natural to blend different sounds in my own way.

  5. Shannon Liss-Riordan:

    Right now Marty Walsh are at a crossroads, if he rises to the challenge, Marty Walsh can have one of the biggest impacts on labor in this country since Frances Perkins.

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