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1. (prep.) across
from one side to the other of:
a bridge across a river.
2. across
on or to the other side of; beyond:
across the sea.
3. across
into contact with; into the presence of, usu. by accident:
to come across an old friend.
4. across
crosswise of or transversely to the length of something; athwart.
5. (adv.) across
from one side to another.
6. across
on the other side:
We'll soon be across.
7. across
crosswise; transversely.
8. across
so as to be understood or learned:
to get one's idea across.
9. across
into a desired or successful state.
Etymology: (1470–80)
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| Definition of 'across' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) across
to the opposite side
"the football field was 300 feet across"
2. (adverb) across, crosswise, crossways
transversely
"the marble slabs were cut across"
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1. (preposition) across
from one side to the other
to walk across the street; The group is traveling across the country.
2. across
on the opposite side
a store right across the street; America is across the Atlantic from Europe.
3. across
in all parts of
severe storms across the country
4. across
across the board
involving or including all parts or people in a group
We're cutting the budget across the board.
5. (adverb) across
from one side to the other
It looks slippery. I'm not sure if we can walk across.; The room measured about 20 feet across.
6. across
across from
on the opposite side from
sitting across from me on the bus
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) across
from side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across
2. (adverb) across
obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry
3. (noun) across
from side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river
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Sense: to the other side (of); from one side to the other side of
He took her across the road.
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 Afrikaans: oorkant |
 Arabic: عَبْـر |
 Bulgarian: през |
 Brazilian: para o outro lado |
 Czech: přes, napříč |
 German: über |
 Danish: over |
 Greek: από τη μια μεριά στην άλλ |
 Spanish: de un lado a otro de |
 Estonian: üle |
 Farsi: از سویی به سوی دیگر |
 Finnish: poikki |
 French: de l'autre côté de |
 Hebrew: לַצָד הַשֶׁנִי, מִקָצֶה ל |
 Hindi: दूसरी ओर |
 Croatian: preko |
 Hungarian: át |
 Indonesian: menyeberang |
 Icelandic: þvert yfir |
 Italian: dall'altra parte di |
 Japanese: 向う側へ |
 Korean: ...을 가로질러 |
 Lithuanian: per |
 Latvian: [] pāri |
 Malay: ke seberang |
 Dutch: over |
 Norwegian: over, tvers over, vannret |
 Polish: przez |
 Persian: از سویی به سوی دیگر |
 Pashto: له يوي خوا بلي خواته |
 Portuguese: para o outro lado |
 Romanian: pe partea cealaltă (a) |
 Russian: через |
 Slovak: cez, krížom |
 Slovenian: čez |
 Serbian: preko |
 Swedish: över |
 Thai: ข้าม |
 Turkish: karşıdan karşıya |
 Taiwanese: 穿過，橫過 |
 Ukrainian: через |
 Urdu: ایک سرے سے دوسرے سرے تک |
 Vietnamese: từ bên này sang bên kia |
 Chinese: 穿过，横过 |
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