watershed

Converse of object

• mark: However, the campaign against the Newbury bypass marks a watershed in transport policy.
• cross: The road crosses a minor watershed in its short journey between the two stations.
• represent: The end of Dental school represents a watershed in the life of many Dentists.
• protect: A series of national parks protects the Andean summit watersheds from Mérida to east of Caracas.
• reach: What's more, having reached a watershed in my personal life I was ready for a career change anyway.

Adjective modifier

• entire: It includes the entire watershed of the South Alligator River, also the East Alligator, West Alligator and Wildman Rivers.
• historical: The month of October 1917 is a great historical watershed in the Russian revolution.
• main: Hence the main watershed runs, in a cartographical sense, vertically.
• major: Eleven of the state's 13 major watersheds are showing snow accumulations above normal.
• real: Then came a real watershed for European civilization: the First World War.

Modifies a noun

• moment: We may now be at a key watershed moment where our fate hangs in the balance.
• ban: This move is a compromise solution compared with the watershed ban on food and drink advertising that some parties are calling for.
• protection: Disaster mitigation is another area where watershed protection is crucial.
• management: Reports include cost benefit analysis and watershed management manual.
• battle: Watershed battle of decided to just los angeles based.
• event: The transfer of Army forces out of Germany is a watershed event.

Modifying Another Word

• o'clock: Scheduling Family Viewing Policy This fixes the nine o'clock watershed.

Noun used with modifier

• 9pm: Junk food advertising could be banned till the 9pm watershed.

Preposition: in

• history: A watershed in history was just around the corner.
• politics: Commenting on the appointment, Karen Chouhan, director of The 1990 Trust said: " This is a watershed in British politics.