Meanings
nounfork in the road (plural forks in the road)
plural forks in the road
- A junction in which one road becomes two divergent roads.
Synonyms: crossroads
- figurativelyA critical moment or point in life or in a situation where one must make an important decision between two or more divergent options or paths.
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
1997, Billie Joe Armstrong, “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)”, performed by Green Day
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA junction in which one road becomes two divergent roads.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 岔路口
- 岔路口 (chàlùkǒu)junction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
Dutch vork in de weg, splitsing in de weg
- vork in de wegjunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
- splitsing in de wegjunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
Finnish tienhaara
- tienhaarajunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
French bifurcation, embranchement
- bifurcationjunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
- embranchementjunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
Hebrew צומת דרכים
- צומת דרכיםjunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
Latin bivium
- biviumjunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
Polish rozdroże, rozstaj
- rozdrożejunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
- rozstajjunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
Russian разви́лка, распу́тье
- разви́лка (razvílka)junction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
- распу́тье (raspútʹje)junction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
Swedish vägskäl
- vägskäljunction in which one road becomes two divergent roads
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