Crossover

adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Meaning at a glance

  • Primary sense: A place where one thing crosses over another.
  • Grammar: crossover is listed as adj, name, noun.
  • Nearest alternatives: crossing over, bridge, chromosomal exchange, cross.
  • Useful contrasts: confine, domain-specific, full range system.
  • Usage evidence: If it exists, a crossover with it will eventually happen.

How to use "crossover"

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place where one thing crosses over another. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other wordnet
  3. 3
    The means by which the crossing is made. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience wordnet
  5. 5
    The result of the exchange of genetic material during meiosis. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party wordnet
  2. 7
    A blend of multiple styles of music or multiple film genres, intended to appeal to a wider audience. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis wordnet
  4. 9
    An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent. countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable
  5. 10
    A pair of switches and a short, diagonal length of track which together connect two parallel tracks and allow passage between them. countable, uncountable

    "The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it."

  6. 11
    A piece of fiction that borrows elements from two or more fictional universes. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    An athlete or swimmer who has competed in more than one of open water swimming, pool swimming, triathlon, and endurance sports. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A crossover dribble. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A move in sports that involves crossing one hand or foot in front of another, as in ice skating. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    The point at which the relative humidity is less than, or equal to, the ambient air temperature. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    Meeting of various characters. countable, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to different pins at the other; for example, pin 1 to pin 2, pin 2 to pin 4 etc.; contrasted with straight-through.; Configured so that the transmit signals at one end are connected to the receive signals at the other. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

Synonyms

All synonyms
crossing overbridgechromosomal exchangecrosscross-disciplinarycrossing

Antonyms

confinedomain-specificfull range systemgenre purity

Example

"If it exists, a crossover with it will eventually happen."

Common questions

What does "crossover" mean?

A place where one thing crosses over another.

What is a synonym for "crossover"?

Common synonyms include: crossing over, bridge, chromosomal exchange, cross, cross-disciplinary, crossing.

How do you use "crossover" in a sentence?

If it exists, a crossover with it will eventually happen.

Etymology

Deverbal from cross over.

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