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across [ a·cross ]
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1. From one side to the other of (a place, area, etc.)
she is travelling across the US on a promotional tour
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2. Expressing position or orientation in relation to (an area or passage)
the bridge across the river
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Adverb
1. From one side to the other of a place, area, etc.
he had swum across
2. Used with an expression of measurement.
a crater some 30 metres across
3. Used to express position or orientation.
halfway across, Jenny jumped
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4. Referring to a crossword answer which reads horizontally.
19 across
Origin
1. Middle 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-+ cross.
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