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across /əˈkrɒs /preposition & adverb1From one side to the other of (a place, area, etc.): [as preposition]: I ran across the street travelling across Europe [as adverb]: he had swum across...- To travel across to the other side of the world with a woman I love, to meet up with a man I love?
- With easterly winds often travelling across the industrial areas of Europe, the visibility can be quite poor.
- The boy shrugged and walked across it to the side with the handle.
Synonyms to the other side of, from one side of … to the other, over, throughout the width/expanse of, covering, everywhere on, on all parts of 1.1 [as adverb] Used with an expression of measurement: mounds some 30 metres across...- The arrays will hold four dishes measuring approximately seven feet across.
- It measured 670 feet across and depicted a chain of crescents around a central circle.
- They were standing inside a large circle, probably measuring about one hundred feet across.
2Expressing position or orientation: [as preposition]: they lived across the street from one another the bridge across the river [as adverb]: he looked across at me halfway across, Jenny jumped...- The main attraction is the Storms River and the suspension bridge that stretches across its mouth.
- He said the Flower Bridge should be built across a narrow stretch of water that was not so busy with river traffic.
- I am not a celeb but as luck would have it, I have friends living across a wide geographical stretch.
Synonyms on the other side of, over, beyond, past 3 [as adverb] Referring to a crossword answer which reads horizontally: 19 across...- (1 across) The perfect source of digital interactive television.
Phrases across the board across from be (or get) across something Origin Middle English (as an adverb meaning 'in the form of a cross'): from Old French a croix, en croix 'in or on a cross', later regarded as being from a-2 + cross. Rhymes boss, Bros, cos, cross, crosse, doss, dross, emboss, en brosse, floss, fosse, gloss, Goss, joss, Kos, lacrosse, loss, moss, MS-DOS, Ross |