Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. across(adverb)

   to the opposite side

   "the football field was 300 feet across"

2. across, crosswise, crossways(adverb)

   transversely

   "the marble slabs were cut across"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. across(Noun)

   A clue whose solution runs horizontally in the grid.

   I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.

2. across(Adverb)

   From one side to the other.

3. across(Adverb)

   On the other side.

   If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?.

4. across(Adverb)

   In a particular direction.

   He leaned across for a book.

5. across(Adverb)

   Horizontally.

   I got stuck on 4 across.

6. across(Preposition)

   To, toward or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

7. across(Preposition)

   On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

   That store is across the street.

8. across(Preposition)

   On the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).

9. across(Preposition)

   From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).

10. across(Preposition)

    At or near the far end of (a space).

11. across(Preposition)

    Spanning.

    This poetry speaks across the centuries.

12. across(Preposition)

    Throughout,

    All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.

13. across(Preposition)

    So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.

Origin: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Across(noun)

   from side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river

2. Across(adverb)

   from side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across

3. Across(adverb)

   obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry

Origin: [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Across

   a-kros′, prep. or adv. crosswise: from side to side. [Prep. a, and Cross.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'across' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #428

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'across' in Written Corpus Frequency: #507

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'across' in Adverbs Frequency: #226

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of across in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of across in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Thomas Pynchon:

   A screaming comes across the sky

2. Dawson Wilkie:

   The impacts are right across the board.

3. Simon Cockerell:

   You can smell it across half of the city.

4. Bret Baier:

   I think Fox has been fair across the board.

5. Peter Thomas:

   It's essentially a wall across the environment.

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