1. (

• hamlet ,
• crossroads

) a community of people smaller than a village ;

2. (

• juncture ,
• critical_point ,
• crossroads

) 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. (

• crossroads

) a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology" ;