What does cross-country mean?

Definitions for cross-country
ˈkrɔsˌkʌn tri, ˈkrɒs-; -ˈkʌn tri, -ˌkʌn-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"

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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. Bob Barnes:

    If you’re into any sort of recreation, you should visit Wisconsin, whether it’s snowmobiling, ATVing, boating … even cross-country skiing. Anything. Anything outdoorsy and you will be accommodated.

  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. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

    As a result of the FBI's outstanding coordination and exemplary efforts alongside state and local partners during Operation Cross Country, more children will sleep safely tonight, and more wrongdoers will face the judgment of our criminal justice system.


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