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Across

//əˈkɹɒs// adv, noun, prep

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    From one side to the other. not-comparable

    "she helped the blind man across; the river is half a mile across"

  2. 2
    On the other side. not-comparable

    "If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?"

  3. 3
    In a particular direction. not-comparable

    "He leaned across for a book."

  4. 4
    Horizontally. not-comparable

    "I got stuck on 4 across."

Adverb
  1. 1
    transversely wordnet
  2. 2
    to the opposite side wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue. in-compounds, often

    "I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down."

Preposition
  1. 1
    To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

    "We rowed across the river."

  2. 2
    On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

    "That store is across the street."

  3. 3
    across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest). Southern-US

    "And make sure you're parked across the mall in the outside lot. […] Last time I was there, I parked in a parking structure and paid an arm and a leg for it."

  4. 4
    From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).

    "The meteor streaked across the sky."

  5. 5
    At or near the far end of (a space).

    ""Mam's baking and Cathleen's asleep. I've got a pile of washing bubbling in the copper, so I'd best be off." With that she was across the room and out the door."

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  1. 6
    Spanning.

    "This poetry speaks across the centuries."

  2. 7
    Throughout.

    "All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives."

  3. 8
    So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.

    "Lay the top stick across the bottom one."

  4. 9
    In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.

    "Keep across all the latest news here at Channel 10."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English acros, from early Middle English a-croiz, a-creoyz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross. By surface analysis, a- + cross.

Etymology 2

From Middle English acros, from early Middle English a-croiz, a-creoyz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross. By surface analysis, a- + cross.

Etymology 3

From Middle English acros, from early Middle English a-croiz, a-creoyz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross. By surface analysis, a- + cross.

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