across
adverb/əˈkrɒs/
/əˈkrɔːs/
For the special uses of across in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example come across is in the phrasal verb section at come.- from one side to the other side
- It's too wide. We can't swim across.
- The yard measures about 50 feet across.
- in a particular direction towards or at somebody/something
- When my name was called, he looked across at me.
- across fromopposite
- There's a school just across from our house.
- (of an answer in a crossword) written from side to side
- I can't do 3 across.
Word OriginMiddle English (as an adverb meaning ‘in the form of a cross’): from Old French a croix, en croix ‘in or on a cross’, later regarded as being from a- ‘to, towards’ + cross.
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