Jimmy tried to cajole his parents into letting him drive across the country with his friends.
Source: tatoeba (1993)
Across
/əˈkɹɒs/
Synonyms for "across" (87 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (18)
Noun(1 words)
break through
Strong matches (26)
contrariwisecontrawisecrisscrosscrosscross grainedcross-grainedcrosswaycrosswayscrosswisediagonalfacingfrontinghorsebackin front ofin opposition to
Noun(6 words)
Adverb(4 words)
Preposition(1 words)
Related words (43)
kittycornerobliqueobliquelyonon horsebackoppositeover againstoverthwartpastsidewayssidewiseslantstraddlestraddle-leggedstraddlebackthwartthwartlythwartwaystowardtransversal
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Verb(2 words)
miseducate through misinformationopposed
Noun(8 words)
Preposition(8 words)
Adjective(1 words)
spanish past
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
15 entriesacross the boardacross the campusacross the countryacross the districtacross the fieldacross the globeacross the regionacross the riveracross the roomacross the spectrumacross the streetcrosswisethroughouttransverselyuniversally
Collocations
9 entriesacross culturesacross disciplinesacross regionsacross the boardacross the countryacross the roomacross the spectrumacross the streetacross time
Translations
50 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَبْرَ prep (on the opposite side)
Armenian
3 entries- դիմացը prep (on the opposite side)
- մյուս կողմը prep (on the opposite side)
- մյուս կողմում prep (on the opposite side)
Asturian
1 entries- al otru llau de prep (on the opposite side)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- üzbəüz prep (on the opposite side)
Bashkir
1 entries- аша prep (on the opposite side)
Belarusian
2 entries- насу́праць prep (on the opposite side)
- насупро́ць prep (on the opposite side)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отвъд prep (on the opposite side)
- оттатък prep (on the opposite side)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 在對面 /在对面 prep (on the opposite side)
Czech
1 entries- přes prep (on the opposite side)
Danish
1 entries- over prep (on the opposite side)
Dutch
2 entries- overheen prep (on the opposite side)
- tegenover prep (on the opposite side)
Esperanto
1 entries- trans prep (on the opposite side)
Finnish
1 entries- toisella puolella prep (on the opposite side)
German
1 entries- gegenüber prep (on the opposite side)
Greek
2 entries- αντίπερα prep (on the opposite side)
- απέναντι prep (on the opposite side)
Italian
2 entries- attraverso prep (on the opposite side)
- dall'altra parte prep (on the opposite side)
Japanese
1 entries- 向こう prep (on the opposite side)
Korean
1 entries- 반대편에서 prep (on the opposite side)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pśez prep (on the opposite side)
Macedonian
1 entries- преку prep (on the opposite side)
Malayalam
1 entries- അപ്പുറം prep (on the opposite side)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- li aliyê din yê prep (on the opposite side)
Polish
2 entries- naprzeciwko prep (on the opposite side)
- po drugiej stronie prep (on the opposite side)
Portuguese
1 entries- do outro lado de prep (on the opposite side)
Romanian
2 entries- dincolo de prep (on the opposite side)
- peste prep (on the opposite side)
Russian
3 entries- на друго́й стороне́ prep (on the opposite side)
- напро́тив prep (on the opposite side)
- че́рез prep (on the opposite side)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- tarsainn air prep (on the opposite side)
- thairis air prep (on the opposite side)
- thar prep (on the opposite side)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- prekoputa prep (on the opposite side)
Slovak
1 entries- cez prep (on the opposite side)
Slovene
1 entries- čez prep (on the opposite side)
Spanish
1 entries- al otro lado de prep (on the opposite side)
Swedish
1 entries- över prep (on the opposite side)
Telugu
2 entries- అవతల prep (on the opposite side)
- ఆవల prep (on the opposite side)
Ukrainian
2 entries- навпро́ти prep (on the opposite side)
- напро́ти prep (on the opposite side)
West-Frisian
1 entries- dwers prep (on the opposite side)
Sample sentences
37 total sentences available.
Can you swim across the river?
Source: tatoeba (16682)
I ran across an old friend near the bank.
Source: tatoeba (18436)
A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.
Source: tatoeba (18455)
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