turning point

Noun
  1. An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend (synset 107432451)
    "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
    is a type of: juncture, occasion - an event that occurs at a critical time
    subtypes:
    • fall of man - (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death
    • road to damascus - a sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians)
    same as: landmark, watershed
  2. The intersection of two streets (synset 103114137)
    "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
    is a type of: carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection - a junction where one street or road crosses another
    subtypes: blind corner - a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving
    same as: corner, street corner

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