Across

  • 11across — 1 preposition 1 going, looking etc from one side of a space, area, or line to the other side: flying across the Atlantic | We gazed across the valley. | Would you like me to help you across the road? (=help you to cross it) 2 reaching or… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12across — a|cross W1S1 [əˈkrɔs US əˈkro:s] adv, prep [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: an crois in cross ] 1.) from one side of something to the other ▪ the first flight across the Atlantic ▪ They ran straight across the road (=without stopping) .… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13across — a|cross [ ə krɔs ] function word *** Across can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): I walked across the road. as an adverb (without a following noun): Our host hurried across to meet us. 1. ) from one side to the …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 14across */*/*/ — UK [əˈkrɒs] / US [əˈkrɔs] adverb, preposition Summary: Across can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): I walked across the road. as an adverb (without a following noun): Our host hurried across to meet us. 1) from …

    English dictionary

  • 15across — /euh kraws , euh kros /, prep. 1. from one side to the other of: a bridge across a river. 2. on or to the other side of; beyond: across the sea. 3. into contact with; into the presence of, usually by accident: to come across an old friend; to run …

    Universalium

  • 16across*/*/*/ — [əˈkrɒs] grammar word summary: Across can be: ■ a preposition: I walked across the road. ■ an adverb: Our host hurried across to meet us. 1) moving, looking, or reaching from one side of something to the other Over 70 airlines fly across the… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 17across — /əˈkrɒs / (say uh kros) preposition 1. from side to side of: a bridge across a river. 2. on the other side of: the house across the street. –adverb 3. from one side to another: I came across in a steamer. 4. on the other side: we ll soon be… …

  • 18across — prep. & adv. prep. 1 to or on the other side of (walked across the road; lives across the river). 2 from one side to another side of (the cover stretched across the opening; a bridge across the river). 3 at or forming an angle (esp. a right… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 19across — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English acros, from Anglo French an crois, from an in (from Latin in) + crois cross, from Latin crux Date: 14th century 1. in a position reaching from one side to the other ; crosswise 2. to or on the opposite side 3.… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20across — a•cross [[t]əˈkrɔs, əˈkrɒs[/t]] prep. 1) from one side to the other of: a bridge across a river[/ex] 2) on or to the other side of; beyond: across the sea[/ex] 3) into contact with; into the presence of, usu. by accident: to come across an old… …

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