watershed
pronunciation
How to pronounce watershed in British English:
UK [ˈwɔ:təʃed]
How to pronounce watershed in American English:
US [ˈwɔtərʃed]
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- Noun:
- a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
- an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
Word Origin
- watershed (n.)
- "line separating waters flowing into different rivers," 1803, from water (n.1) + shed in a topographical sense of "ridge of high ground between two valleys or lower ground, a divide," perhaps from shed (v.) in its extended noun sense of "the part of the hair of the head" (14c.). Perhaps a loan-translation of German Wasser-scheide. Figurative sense is attested from 1878. Meaning "ground of a river system" is from 1878.
Example
- 1. Despite all this , the poll is a watershed .
- 2. This is a watershed moment for the uk .
- 3. How big is the mississippi watershed ?
- 4. Indeed , a discussion is bubbling up among municipal officials and ngos about the need to create a new environmental planning body to coordinate watershed planning among the provinces and major cities along the yangtze .
- 5. This is a watershed moment .