What does across mean?
Definitions for across
əˈkrɔs, əˈkrɒsacross
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word across.
Princeton's WordNet
acrossadverb
to the opposite side
"the football field was 300 feet across"
across, crosswise, crosswaysadverb
transversely
"the marble slabs were cut across"
Wiktionary
acrossnoun
A clue whose solution runs horizontally in the grid.
I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.
acrossadverb
From one side to the other.
acrossadverb
On the other side.
If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?.
acrossadverb
In a particular direction.
He leaned across for a book.
acrossadverb
Horizontally.
I got stuck on 4 across.
acrosspreposition
To, toward or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
acrosspreposition
On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
That store is across the street.
acrosspreposition
On the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
acrosspreposition
From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
acrosspreposition
At or near the far end of (a space).
acrosspreposition
Spanning.
This poetry speaks across the centuries.
acrosspreposition
Throughout,
All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.
acrosspreposition
So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Acrossadverb
Athwart, laid over something so as to cross it.
Etymology: from a for at, or the French à, as it is used in à travers, and cross.
The harp hath the concave not along the strings, but across the strings; and no harp hath the sound so melting and prolonged as the Irish harp. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 223.
This view’d, but not enjoy’d, with arms across,
He stood, reflecting on his country’s loss. John Dryden, Fables.There is a set of artisans, who, by the help of several poles, which they lay across each others shoulders, build themselves up into a kind of pyramid; so that you see a pile of men in the air of four or five rows rising one above another. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
ChatGPT
across
Across is a preposition that indicates movement, placement, or action from one side or location to the other side or location of something. It can also refer to covering or spanning a certain distance or area. In a figurative sense, across can indicate a comparison or contrast between different groups or categories.
Webster Dictionary
Acrossnoun
from side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river
Acrossadverb
from side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across
Acrossadverb
obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry
Etymology: [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Across
a-kros′, prep. or adv. crosswise: from side to side. [Prep. a, and Cross.]
Editors Contribution
across
In a specific direction.
We went across the road to our Aunt's house to see her new baby.
Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020
Suggested Resources
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'across' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #428
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'across' in Written Corpus Frequency: #507
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'across' in Adverbs Frequency: #226
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of across in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of across in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of across in a Sentence
If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.
What we are trying to advocate is a truce so we can go in and have proper vaccination across Syria.
In our surveys, when our local partners are actually sitting in people's homes or courtyards all across Africa and talking to them face to face in their own language, we try to get at their lived experience, the daily challenges they face, we collect information on what kind of roof they have over their heads, whether they have access to basic infrastructure like toilets, water, and electricity, and other services such as police and cellphones.
As home prices skyrocket across the country, local property tax bills here in Georgia are hitting homeowners especially hard, for families struggling to make ends meet, I know that higher bills in the mail can force cutting back on other household necessities. For young Georgians just getting settled into their first home or parents who are sending their kids off to college, unforeseen jumps in property values and local tax bills over the last year only add to the uncertain times that we are in.
A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth -- either epileptic or dead.
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- عبرArabic
- водоравно, през, оттатъкBulgarian
- přes, vodorovněCzech
- über, querGerman
- κατά πλάτος, αντίπερα, απέναντι, οριζόντιος, καθέτως, κατακορύφως, δια μέσουGreek
- al otro lado de, através, a través, atravesadoSpanish
- ristiin, poikittain, kohti, poikki, halki, yli, vaakasuoraan, toisella puolellaFinnish
- à traversFrench
- dwersWestern Frisian
- sallIrish
- tarsainn, thairis air, tarsainn air, thar, thairisScottish Gaelic
- भर मेंHindi
- մյուս կողմը, վրայով, խաչաձեւ, միջով, մի կողմից մյուսը, դիմացը, մյուս կողմումArmenian
- transInterlingua
- di seberangIndonesian
- attraverso, orizzontale, dall'altra parteItalian
- על פניHebrew
- 向こう側, 横切って, 向こうJapanese
- កាត់Khmer
- di ser ... re, li aliyê din yê, di ... re, di ser hev reKurdish
- попреку, пре́куMacedonian
- overheen, horizontaal, zijdelings, tegenoverDutch
- [[do]] [[outro]] [[lado]] [[de]], perpendicularmente, [[em]] [[horizontal]], atravésPortuguese
- trans-, dincolo, dincolo de, prin, transversal, de-a curmezișul, peste, pe cealaltă parte, orizontal, în curmezișRomanian
- сквозь, че́рез, поперёкRussian
- cezSlovak
- prek, vodoravno, čezSlovene
- vågrätt, tvärs över, horisontellt, över, genomSwedish
- అవతల, ఆవలTelugu
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