How to pronounce“watershed”in English
verbYou can still feel the effects of that experience because it comes back to you. So the way that I like to think about a traumatic experience is an event that really divides your life. It's a
watershed. And it's a event that will continue to be experienced by you in some way or continue to have some major presence in your life even though it is in the past. And that is just not true of
stress when the solution to being under stress is to remove the threat. With trauma it's not
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Definitions of “watershed”
The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
“After Lesjaverk (23 miles) the eastern end of Lesjaskogsvatn is reached. This lake has the distinction of being a watershed. From the east end flows the Lågen, the great river that runs down Gudbrandsdal to Lake Mjøsa, while from the west end the Rauma River emerges to flow down to the Romsdalfjord.”
A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
Serving to mark a significant development, change in direction, etc.
“Green's Dictionary of Slang is a watershed publication in the annals of slang lexicography, being, beyond doubt, the most comprehensive scholarly dictionary of slang ever published.”
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