Tuesday, 18 September 2012

watershed

Definition
[S] an event or period which is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something
The year 1969 was a watershed in her life - she changed her career and changed her partner.
the watershed UK
in Britain, the time in the evening, usually 9 p.m., when television programmes which are not suitable for children may start to be shown
[C] specialized
an area of high ground from which water flows down to a river

(Definition of watershed noun (BIG CHANGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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