Sekirov Dictionary

across

/əˈkɹɒs/

preposition 9
adverb 4
noun 1
forms 1
phrases 16

preposition9

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to or toward the far side of a road, a river or another space
- We rowed across the river.
- Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river.
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From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
- The meteor streaked across the sky.
- He walked across the room.
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On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
- That store is across the street.
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(Southern-US) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
- 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. — 1994
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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. — 2004
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Throughout.
- All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.
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Spanning.
- This poetry speaks across the centuries.
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So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
- Lay the top stick across the bottom one.
- She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet.
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In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
- Keep across all the latest news here at Channel 10.

adverb4

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From one side to the other.
- she helped the blind man across; the river is half a mile across
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On the other side.
- If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?
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In a particular direction.
- He leaned across for a book.
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Horizontally.
- I got stuck on 4 across.

noun[in compounds]1

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A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
- I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.

forms

acrosses

Phrases with across

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