across en · ADP
Pronunciation
- /əˈkɹɒs/ (New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈkɹɑst/ (proscribed)
- /əˈkɹɔst/ (proscribed)
- /əˈkɹɔs/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
- ə-krôs′ without the cot–caught merger
- (US) audio
- /əˈkɹɑs/ (cot-caught-merger)
- ə-krŏs′ (cot-caught-merger)
- /əˈkɹɒs/ (Canada)
- ə-krŏs′ (New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈkɾɔs/ (Scotland)
- /əˈkɹɔs/ without the cot–caught merger
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Old French en Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin crux Old French crois Anglo-Norman an croizbor. Middle English acros English across From Middle English acros, from early Middle English a-croiz, a-creoyz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross. By surface analysis, a- + cross.
Meanings
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To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
We rowed across the river.
Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river.
He came across the street to meet me.
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On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
That store is across the street.
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(Southern-US, qualifier:African-American Vernacular) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
And make sure you're parked across the mall in the outside lot. […] Last time I was there, I parked in a parking structure and paid an arm and a leg for it.
1994 June 21, Thong P Tong <tongtp@coyote.cig.mot.com>, "Re: Battle Tech Center", message-ID <2u7lsi$79n@delphinium.cig.mot.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, Usenet http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games/msg/28d5e0700985bbe6On another occasion, Clinton asked Patterson to drive him to Chelsea's school, Booker Elementary, where Clinton met the department store clerk and climbed into her car. "I parked across the entrance and stood outside the car looking around, about 120 feet from where they were parked in a lot that was pretty well lit," Patterson recalled. "[…]They stayed in the car for thirty to forty minutes."
1995, Ronald Kessler, Inside the White House, published 1996, →ISBN, page 243:A boy that sat across me politely introduced himself as Jackson Klausner.
2011, Danielle Butler, Scars of Eternity, page 30:
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From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:The meteor streaked across the sky.
Could you slide that across the table to me, please?
He walked across the room.
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At or near the far end of (a space).
"Mam's baking and Cathleen's asleep. I've got a pile of washing bubbling in the copper, so I'd best be off." With that she was across the room and out the door.
2004, Josephine Cox, Lovers and Liars, →ISBN, page 78:
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Spanning.
This poetry speaks across the centuries.
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Throughout.
All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.
Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 172:Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
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So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
He parked across the end of the driveway, blocking her in.
2010, Alex Bledsoe, The Girls with Games of Blood, Tor, →ISBN, page 147:Lay the top stick across the bottom one.
She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet.
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In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
Keep across all the latest news here at Channel 10.
As a regular news reader I thought I was across the eccentricities of the US president.
2019 September 20, Lenore Taylor, The Guardian:
Forms
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Translations (198)
ja ...の向こうに (from the far side) · kmr di ser ... re (from the far side) · chr ᏗᎦᎾᏗᎯᏍᏗ (from the far side) · sk cez (on the opposite side) · he מֵעֵבֶר (from the far side) · be насу́праць (on the opposite side) · fi toisella puolella (on the opposite side) · ko 가로질러 (from the far side) · sk naprieč (from one side to another) · sh prekoputa (on the opposite side) · hy վրայով (from the far side) · es cruzando (from the far side) · af oor (from the far side) · ja ...を横切って (from the far side) · ro dincolo de (on the opposite side) · sv över (from the far side) · uk че́рез (from the far side) · ja 向こう (on the opposite side) · sv tvärs över (perpendicularly) · gd thar (bridging a gap) · ar عَبْرَ (on the opposite side) · ja ...の向こう側に (from the far side) · ro peste (from one side to another) · gd tarsainn air (from one side to another) · mk преку (from the far side) · cmn 在對面 /在对面 (on the opposite side) · pl poprzez (from the far side) · hy խաչաձեւ (perpendicularly) · es a través de (bridging a gap) · sk cez (from one side to another) · sv genom (bridging a gap) · dsb pśez (from the far side) · ka გარდიგარდმო (from one side to another) · gd thairis air (from one side to another) · ast al otru llau de (on the opposite side) · es al otro lado de (on the opposite side) · nl overheen (on the opposite side) · hy մի կողմից մյուսը (from one side to another) · da tværs over (perpendicularly) · az üstündən (from the far side) · it attraverso (from the far side) · be упо́перак (from the far side) · aln asejd (from the far side) · sh preko (from the far side) · sv över (on the opposite side) · sv över (from one side to another) · es en (spanning; throughout) · el δια μέσου (bridging a gap) · hy մյուս կողմը (on the opposite side) · ru сквозь (bridging a gap) · gd thar (on the opposite side) · ru поперёк (from the far side) · sl prek (from one side to another) · cs přes (from the far side) · eo trans (from one side to another) · mk преку (on the opposite side) · am ከባሻገር (from the far side) · arz خلال (from the far side) · ml അപ്പുറം (on the opposite side) · uk упо́перек (from the far side) · cs přes (bridging a gap) · az arasından (from the far side) · pl przez (from one side to another) · ml കുറുകേ (from the far side) · nl tegenover (on the opposite side) · dsb pśez (perpendicularly) · te ఆవల (on the opposite side) · mi puta noa (from one side to another) · el κατά πλάτος (from one side to another) · gd tarsainn air (bridging a gap) · el δια μέσου (from the far side) · bg през (from the far side) · sk naprieč (bridging a gap) · uk крізь (from one side to another) · fy dwers (from one side to another) · pl naprzeciwko (on the opposite side) · ru че́рез (on the opposite side) · eu zehar (from the far side) · pt perpendicularmente (perpendicularly) · eo trans (from the far side) · it dall'altra parte (on the opposite side) · pt do outro lado de (on the opposite side) · nl zijdelings (perpendicularly) · cs přes (on the opposite side) · es entre (bridging a gap) · da over (from one side to another) · gd thar (from one side to another) · de über (from the far side) · ru поперёк (perpendicularly) · de gegenüber (on the opposite side) · mwl atrabeç (from the far side) · la trāns (from the far side) · az ortasından (from the far side) · nl dwars (from the far side) · kmr li aliyê din yê (on the opposite side) · ru че́рез (from one side to another) · ko 수직으로 (perpendicularly) · dsb pśez (bridging a gap) · el αντίπερα (on the opposite side) · eo trans (on the opposite side) · fr à travers (from one side to another) · cmn 橫過 /横过 (from the far side) · hy դիմացը (on the opposite side) · gd thairis air (bridging a gap) · be насупро́ць (on the opposite side) · ar عَبْرَ (from one side to another) · az içindən (from the far side) · el καθέτως (perpendicularly) · ba аша (on the opposite side) · hy միջով (bridging a gap) · uk навпро́ти (on the opposite side) · fi ristiin (perpendicularly) · dsb pśez (on the opposite side) · cs přes (perpendicularly) · pl przez (from the far side) · te అవతల (on the opposite side) · kmr di ser ... re (bridging a gap) · sq përtej (from the far side) · fi yli (from one side to another) · az üzbəüz (on the opposite side) · de quer (from one side to another) · km កាត់ (from the far side) · ro peste (on the opposite side) · la trāns (from one side to another) · ast al traviés (from one side to another) · fy dwers (on the opposite side) · mk попреку (perpendicularly) · it attraverso (bridging a gap) · pt através (bridging a gap) · fi poikki (from one side to another) · sh преко (from the far side) · uk попере́к (from the far side) · ast al traviés (from the far side) · ko 반대편에서 (on the opposite side) · pl po drugiej stronie (on the opposite side) · sk cez (perpendicularly) · kmr di ser hev re (perpendicularly) · da over (from the far side) · sl čez (from the far side) · bg отвъд (on the opposite side) · uk напро́ти (on the opposite side) · hy միջով (from the far side) · es cruzando (from one side to another) · it attraverso (on the opposite side) · el απέναντι (on the opposite side) · ml ഉടനീളം (from one side to another) · dsb pśez (from one side to another) · es a través de (from the far side) · el κατακορύφως (perpendicularly) · ru че́рез (from the far side) · nl overheen (from one side to another) · gd thairis air (from the far side) · fi yli (bridging a gap) · es atravesado (from one side to another) · fi poikki (from the far side) · sk naprieč (from the far side) · ar عَبْرَ (from the far side) · fy dwers (bridging a gap) · fi poikittain (perpendicularly) · cy ar draws (from the far side) · it attraverso (perpendicularly) · cmn but see 從一邊到另一邊 /从一边到另一边 (from one side to another) · hy մյուս կողմում (on the opposite side) · es a través de (from one side to another) · gd tarsainn air (from the far side) · kmr di ... re (from one side to another) · gd thar (perpendicularly) · gd tarsainn air (perpendicularly) · ba аша (from the far side) · be праз (from the far side) · ru че́рез (bridging a gap) · az üzərindən (from the far side) · gd tarsainn air (on the opposite side) · pt através (from the far side) · ba аша (bridging a gap) · fi halki (from one side to another) · uk через (from one side to another) · bg оттатък (on the opposite side) · ro prin (from one side to another) · pt através (from one side to another) · da over (on the opposite side) · fy dwers (from the far side) · gd thairis air (perpendicularly) · sk cez (from the far side) · ru напро́тив (on the opposite side) · ru сквозь (from one side to another) · sl čez (on the opposite side) · ka გადასწვრივ (from one side to another) · da gennem (bridging a gap) · gd thairis air (on the opposite side) · gd thar (from the far side) · cs přes (from one side to another) · it attraverso (from one side to another) · ba аша (from one side to another) · ru на друго́й стороне́ (on the opposite side) · sl prek (bridging a gap) · be праз (from one side to another) · ca a través de (from the far side)