The meaning of Watershed

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An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.

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In the marin watershed on pumpkin ridge, davidson showed me a site where rizzo and other scientists…

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An event or period marking a turning point in a situation.

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These works were a watershed in the history of music

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An event or period that is important because it represents a big change and the start of new developments

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A watershed event/moment, the discovery of penicillin was a watershed in the history of medicine.

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An event or period that is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something

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A watershed for sth/sb the buyout was hailed on wall street as a watershed for private equity., a w…

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An area of high ground from which water flows down to a river

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In britain, the time in the evening, usually 9 p.m., when television programmes that are not suitable for children may start to be shown