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cross coun·t·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cross countryadverb

    a long race run over open country

  2. cross-countryadverb

    not following tracks or roads

    "they liked to race cross-country"

  3. cross-countryadverb

    across the countryside

    "the river runs cross-country"; "the road runs cross-country"

Wiktionary

  1. cross countrynoun

    A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc. where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5 - 10K races. Abbreviated XC.

  2. cross countrynoun

    A phase of the equestrian sport of three day eventing, which the horse and rider travel over varied terrain and jump natural obstacles.

ChatGPT

  1. cross country

    Cross country refers to traveling or moving across large regions from one end to the other, typically on land, through varied terrains such as rural areas or wilderness. This term can also refer to a type of running or skiing sport where participants compete over natural outdoor courses.

Wikidata

  1. Cross Country

    Cross Country is the fourteenth novel in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson. According to the Library Journal it was the second most borrowed fiction book in United States libraries in 2009.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cross country in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cross country in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cross country in a Sentence

  1. Steven Wright:

    Cross-country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

  2. Ashley Givens:

    The Army has chosen to increase the cross-country mobility of the Bradley, allowing it to go further into off-road situations to support infantry formations.

  3. Becky Pepper-Jackson:

    I am excited to know that I will be able to try out for the girls' cross-country team and follow in the running shoes of my family, it hurt that the state of West Virginia would try to block me from pursuing my dreams. I just want to play.

  4. World Athletics:

    World cross country champion at just Agnes Jebet Tirop burst, Agnes Jebet Tirop burst on to the global scene in 2015 and has been one of the world's best female distance runners over the past six years, this is a terrible blow to the entire athletics community, but especially to Agnes Jebet Tirop family, her friends and Athletics Kenya and I send them all our most heartfelt condolences.

  5. Kenenisa Bekele:

    I'm looking forward to racing Eliud Kipchoge again, we have had many great battles over the years on the track, roads and cross-country.


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