cross- en · X
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin cruxbor. Old Irish crosbor. Old Norse krossbor. Old English cros Middle English cross Middle English cros- English cross- From Middle English cros-, crosse- (“relating to a cross, forming a cross, in the shape of a cross or x”), from the noun (see cross) and also from across.
Meanings
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(morpheme) Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.
e.g. crossbody, crossbuck, cross-stitch
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(morpheme) Perpendicular in angle; transverse.
e.g. crossbedding, crossband, crossmember
. See visuals for difference between crossband and crossbuck.
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(morpheme) Moving from one side to the other; across.
e.g. crossfield, cross-city. When used for a rectangular space, this movement is typically diagonal, such as in crossbelt and crosscourt.
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(figuratively, morpheme) Moving from one side to the other; across. ▸ Moving from one track or state to another.
e.g. crossfeed as the process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording, crossfader, cross-link
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(morpheme) Moving from one side to the other; across. ▸ On the opposite side of.
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e.g. crosstown, cross-cousin, cross-ratio
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(morpheme) Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary.
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e.g. crossflow, cross-beat, cross-vote
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(morpheme) Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure.
e.g. cross-passage, cross-tunnel, crossfire
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(morpheme) More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.
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e.g. crosslingual, cross-browser, crossfunctional, cross-cultural
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(morpheme) More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate. ▸ Involving two or more at the same time; coincident.
The room was a cross-mixture of voices. "Come in Kelly 4.[…]" "Come in Stanhope.[…]" "Evans 9. Confirm.[…]"
1967 May, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, Bantam, published 1976, →ISBN, page 14:e.g. crossbreak, crosspost, crosscurrent
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(morpheme) More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate. ▸ Comparing two sources of information, often to verify their contents.
e.g. crossdate, crossvalidated, crosscovariance
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(morpheme) More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate. ▸ To combine two entities to create a hybrid.
e.g. crossbreed, cross-pollinate, crosslinear
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(morpheme) Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality.
e.g. crosstalk, crossrepression, crosscalibration, cross-progress
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(morpheme) One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other.
To crossfeed as to supply one fuel tank of an aircraft with fuel from another. To crossregulate is when one metabolic pathway is regulated by the enzymes in another pathway. These are one-way influences, whereas the previous sense of mutuality has symmetric two-way influences; e.g. crossrepression is mutual repression of interacting systems.
e.g. crossregulation, crossfeed, crossprotection
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(morpheme) Alternate, different.
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e.g. cross-tune, cross-birth, cross-live
Deriveds
cross-curricular (terms derived from "more than one") · crossbreak (terms derived from "co-incident") · cross-promote (terms derived from "co-incident") · cross-foster (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-trail (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-beat (terms derived from "against") · crosscalibration (terms derived from "mutuality") · cross-dress (terms derived from "against") · cross-Channel (terms derived from "moving across") · cross-vote (terms derived from "against") · cross-browser (terms derived from "more than one") · crosscut (terms derived from "co-incident") · cross-bench (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossmapping (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · crossmetathesis (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-ownership (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossbelt (terms derived from "moving across") · crosscoupled (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · cross-validation (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · cross-ratio (terms derived from "opposite side") · crossruff (terms derived from "alternate") · cross-platform (terms derived from "more than one") · crossloading (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossnational (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-reactivity (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossbody (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · cross-progress (terms derived from "mutuality") · cross-subsidize (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crosstolerance (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crosscovariance (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · crosscorrelation (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · crossfield (terms derived from "moving across") · cross-contaminate (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-passage (terms derived from "located in between") · cross-channel (terms derived from "moving across") · crosscut (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crosslicense (terms derived from "mutuality") · crossclass (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-platform (terms derived from "located in between") · crosstabulate (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · cross-battery (terms derived from "located in between") · crossplay (terms derived from "alternate") · crossrail (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossplay (terms derived from "mutuality") · crossbuck (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · cross-check (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · crossmember (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossregulation (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossvalidated (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · cross-member (terms derived from "perpendicular") · cross-hatch (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · crosscourt (terms derived from "moving across") · crossvalidate (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · crosspiece (terms derived from "perpendicular") · cross-promotion (terms derived from "co-incident") · cross-multiplication (terms derived from "opposite side") · crossdisciplinary (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-pollination (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · crossfeed (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crosswind (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossbedding (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossbanded (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossatron (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · crossdate (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · cross-fertilize (terms derived from "mutuality") · crosstown (terms derived from "between") · cross-tail (terms derived from "moving across") · cross-step (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · crossvein (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · cross-progression (terms derived from "mutuality") · crossligation (terms derived from "mutuality") · cross-generational (terms derived from "more than one") · crossmatch (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossfunctional (terms derived from "more than one") · crossbedded (terms derived from "perpendicular") · cross-banded (terms derived from "perpendicular") · cross-examination (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossfader (terms derived from "between") · crossbridged (terms derived from "between") · cross-process (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-examine (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · cross-appeal (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-examine (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-reading (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossholding (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crosslingual (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-disciplinarity (terms derived from "between") · crosstown (terms derived from "moving across") · cross-breed (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · crossreaction (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-train (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-country (terms derived from "more than one") · crossbar (terms derived from "perpendicular") · cross-division (terms derived from "against") · cross-multiply (terms derived from "opposite side") · crosstown (terms derived from "opposite side") · cross-counter (terms derived from "co-incident") · cross-link (terms derived from "located in between") · cross-link (terms derived from "between") · cross-contamination (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crosshybridization (terms derived from "mutuality") · cross-country (terms derived from "moving across") · crossbarring (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · crossresistant (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-check (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossinjection (terms derived from "co-incident") · cross-lag (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · cross-cast (terms derived from "against") · crosslinguistic (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-border (terms derived from "between") · cross-reference (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crosscurrent (terms derived from "co-incident") · crosskick (terms derived from "moving across") · crossfeed (terms derived from "between") · crosslinear (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · crossfire (terms derived from "located in between") · crosstabulation (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · cross-subsidy (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crosscut (terms derived from "located in between") · crossbreed (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · cross-infection (terms derived from "mutuality") · cross-buttock (terms derived from "moving across") · cross-tune (terms derived from "alternate") · cross-stitch (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · cross-bencher (terms derived from "perpendicular") · crossectomy (terms derived from "between") · crossbred (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · crossmodal (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-fertilization (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · crossflow (terms derived from "against") · crosshatch (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · cross-live (terms derived from "alternate") · cross-pollinate (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · crossrange (terms derived from "perpendicular") · cross-cousin (terms derived from "opposite side") · cross-fertilise (terms derived from "mutuality") · crossreact (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-linguistic (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-rhythm (terms derived from "against") · cross-subsidise (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-handedness (terms derived from "against") · crossmatched (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossprotection (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossbracing (terms derived from "cross-shaped") · crossclaim (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossrepression (terms derived from "mutuality") · crosshybridize (terms derived from "mutuality") · cross-cast (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · crosscurrent (terms derived from "perpendicular") · cross-fertilization (terms derived from "mutuality") · cross-training (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-correlation (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · crossband (terms derived from "perpendicular") · cross-party (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-cultural (terms derived from "more than one") · crosscoupling (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-refer (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crosslink (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-strait (terms derived from "between") · cross-phrasing (terms derived from "against") · cross-promote (terms derived from "mutuality") · cross-link (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossgender (terms derived from "more than one") · crossregulate (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossprime (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-battery (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · cross-question (terms derived from "using two sources of information") · cross-compatible (terms derived from "more than one") · crossreactive (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-city (terms derived from "moving across") · cross-contact (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-buy (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crosstalk (terms derived from "mutuality") · cross-sell (terms derived from "more than one") · cross-tunnel (terms derived from "located in between") · cross-holding (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · crossbridge (terms derived from "moving across") · cross-resistance (terms derived from "one entity affecting a similar entity") · cross-birth (terms derived from "alternate") · crosspost (terms derived from "co-incident") · cross-fertilise (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · cross-fertilize (terms derived from "creating a hybrid") · cross-trade (terms derived from "between")
Synonyms
multi- · zygo- · synchro- · counter- · co- · pluri- · allo- · multi- · dia- · ana- · dia- · pluri- · inter- · alter- · ortho- · ambi- · multi- · trans- · xipho- · multi- · para- · pluri- · contra- · dia- · stauro- · x- (mutual) · pluri- · inter- (mutual) · inter-
Translations (10)
az köndələn (indicating a direction (across)) · gd tair- (indicating a direction (across)) · nn tverr- (indicating a direction (across)) · da tvær- (indicating a direction (across)) · is þver- (indicating a direction (across)) · ga tras- (expressing mutuality or exchange; switch) · fo tvør- (indicating a direction (across)) · nb tverr- (indicating a direction (across)) · gd tair- (expressing mutuality or exchange; switch) · ga tras- (indicating a direction (across))