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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. David Cooley:

    After my traveling companion and I had been seated in our assigned seats for a while, we were approached by the flight attendant and my companion was asked to move from his premium seat to coach, so a couple could sit together. I explained that we were a couple and wanted to sit together. He was given a choice to either give up the premium seat and move to coach or get off the plane. We could not bear the feeling of humiliation for an entire cross-country flight and left the plane. I cannot believe that an airline in this day and age would give a straight couple preferential treatment over a gay couple and go so far as to ask us to leave. we will never be flying Alaska Airlines or their recently purchasedVirgin Airlines Groupever again. Thank you to Delta Air Lines for getting us home safe. If you are an#LGBTperson, please spend your travel dollars with an LGBT-friendly airline like Delta.

  2. Christine Sarkis:

    A glass of wine with dinner on an international flight? Reasonable (especially if you're also drinking a healthy amount of water). Three vodka tonics in quick succession on a cross-country flight? Recipe for regret.

  3. The Irion family:

    I think she experienced in other countries what it's liketo not be free and for the citizens of other countries to not be free, the freedom that young people have to get a driver's license and get a job and go on dates and drive cross-country if you want to when you want to … just doesn't exist anywhere else.

  4. 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.

  5. Jenny LaBaw:

    Three months ago my boyfriend and I visited Colorado to visit my family, i had tears down my cheeks and told him I decided to run cross-country for epilepsy.


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