Cross-
prefix ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines. morpheme
"e.g. crossbody, crossbuck, cross-stitch"
- 2 Perpendicular in angle; transverse. morpheme
"e.g. crossbedding, crossband, crossmember"
- 3 Moving from one side to the other; across. morpheme
"e.g. crossfield, cross-city. When used for a rectangular space, this movement is typically diagonal, such as in crossbelt and crosscourt."
- 4 Moving from one side to the other; across.; Moving from one track or state to another. figuratively, morpheme
"e.g. crossfeed as the process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording, crossfader, cross-link"
- 5 Moving from one side to the other; across.; On the opposite side of. morpheme
"e.g. crosstown, cross-cousin, cross-ratio"
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- 6 Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary. morpheme
"e.g. crossflow, cross-beat, cross-vote"
- 7 Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure. morpheme
"e.g. cross-passage, cross-tunnel, crossfire"
- 8 More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate. morpheme
"e.g. crosslingual, cross-browser, crossfunctional, cross-cultural"
- 9 More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.; Involving two or more at the same time; coincident. morpheme
"e.g. crossbreak, crosspost, crosscurrent"
- 10 More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.; Comparing two sources of information, often to verify their contents. morpheme
"e.g. crossdate, crossvalidated, crosscovariance"
- 11 More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.; To combine two entities to create a hybrid. morpheme
"e.g. crossbreed, cross-pollinate, crosslinear"
- 12 Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality. morpheme
"e.g. crosstalk, crossrepression, crosscalibration, cross-progress"
- 13 One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other. morpheme
"e.g. crossregulation, crossfeed, crossprotection"
- 14 Alternate, different. morpheme
"e.g. cross-tune, cross-birth, cross-live"
Example
More examples"e.g. crossbody, crossbuck, cross-stitch"
Etymology
From Middle English cros-, crosse- (“relating to a cross, forming a cross, in the shape of a cross or x”), from the noun (see cross) and also from across.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.