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Synonyms for watershed
ˈwɔ tərˌʃɛd, ˈwɒt ər-wa·ter·shed
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watershednoun
A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
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catchment basin, catchment, river basin, catchment area, drainage area, water basinwatershednoun
A critical point marking a change in course or development.
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turning pointwatershednoun
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divide, water parting, water divide, drainage dividewatershednoun
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safe harbor
Princeton's WordNet
watershed, water parting, dividenoun
a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
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river basin, drainage area, landmark, catchment area, drainage basin, catchment basin, divide, turning point, basin, water partingriver basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage areanoun
the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
"flood control in the Missouri basin"
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washstand, divide, river basin, washbowl, washbasin, landmark, lavatory, drainage area, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, turning point, basin, water parting, basinfullandmark, turning point, watershednoun
an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
"the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
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street corner, corner, river basin, drainage area, landmark, catchment area, drainage basin, catchment basin, divide, turning point, basin, water parting
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watershednoun
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divide
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "watershed":
watersheds, basin, catchment, drainage, basins, hydrographic, milestone, pool, bassin, watershed-based, pelvis, river-basin, turning-point
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1554 | pool | |
#2218 | corner | |
#5943 | basin | |
#8328 | divide | |
#8817 | drainage | |
#8939 | watershed | |
#10532 | landmark | |
#13614 | milestone | |
#19314 | basins | |
#19678 | catchment | |
#23476 | watersheds | |
#31417 | pelvis | |
#33512 | lavatory | |
#45347 | hydrographic | |
#92352 | washbasin | |
#92739 | bassin | |
#184105 | washstand |
How to use watershed in a sentence?
The Kennedy assassination is viewed as this watershed moment, and so it has that symbolic significance attached to it, which lends itself very well as the backdrop to a comic book, to a science fiction television show, to a feature film, because it does provide that gateway into a distinct moment in time that instantly defines the culture of the era.
Sony has become a watershed event.
I was firm with him that I have a mandate to offer people a choice. He reiterated his opposition to that, but you know, let's focus on reality here – the election this week was a watershed moment for Scotland.
You don't want to see anything happen to any part of the California coastline, it's an important watershed up there.
It is a watershed moment because the Hong Kong government has finally tabled a timeline, we just think five years is far too long.
Translations for watershed
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- نقطة تحولArabic
- вододелBulgarian
- Wendepunkt, WasserscheideGerman
- υδροκρίτηςGreek
- dos rombos, momento decisivo, línea divisoria, hito, punto de inflexión, punto crucialSpanish
- vedenjakaja, hFinnish
- ligne de partage des eaux, tournant décisifFrench
- קו פרשת המיםHebrew
- vatnaskilIcelandic
- spartiacqueItalian
- вододелницаMacedonian
- vannskille, vendepunkt, veiskilleNorwegian
- waterscheiding, keerpuntDutch
- divisor de águasPortuguese
- водоразде́л, перело́мный моме́нтRussian
- skiljeväg, vägskäl, vattendelareSwedish
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