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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.

Freebase

  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)

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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. Jerry Brown:

    We are at a crossroads, with big and important new programs now launched and the budget carefully balanced, the challenge is to build for the future, not steal from it, to live within our means and to keep California ever golden and creative, as our forebears have shown and our descendents would expect.

  2. Woody Allen:

    More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.

  3. Maurice Masterlinck:

    At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

  4. Unknown:

    The right time was at the crossroads With a future in his plans The wrong time reapproaches With right time's suitcase in hand The right time asks, how 's the journey The wrong time said the 'whether' turned me around. The right time, shakes his head, Shakes his hand and leaves Before the sun goes down.

  5. Heinrich Heine:

    Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess.

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