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across
[ uh-kraws, uh-kros ]
preposition
- from one side to the other of:
a bridge across a river.
- on or to the other side of; beyond:
across the sea.
- into contact with; into the presence of, usually by accident:
to come across an old friend; to run across a first edition of Byron.
- crosswise of or transversely to the length of something; athwart:
coats across the bed; straddled across the boundary line.
adverb
- from one side to another.
- on the other side:
We'll soon be across.
- crosswise; transversely:
with arms across.
- so as to be understood or learned:
He couldn't get the idea across to the class.
- into a desired or successful state:
to put a business deal across.
adjective
- being in a crossed or transverse position; crosswise:
an across pattern of supporting beams.
across
/ əˈɒ /
preposition
- from one side to the other side of
- on or at the other side of
- so as to transcend boundaries or barriers
the study of linguistics across cultures
people united across borders by religion and history
- fully informed about; dealing with
we are across this problem
adverb
- from one side to the other
- on or to the other side
Word History and Origins
Origin of across1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with across , also see come across ; cut across ; get across ; put across ; run across .Example Sentences
Troops from both sides have traded intermittent small-arms fire across the border in recent days.
That was the question faced by millions of people on Monday across Spain and Portugal during the worst electricity blackout in their history.
The proposed development – which would be one of the largest in the world – consists of up to 307 turbines across an area four times the size of Edinburgh.
Turkey has continued to shell targets across Iraqi Kurdistan, while the PKK claimed responsibility for downing a Turkish drone last month.
Vietnam was a French colony, a Chinese vassal and for 20 years, the proxy battlefield in America's bloody struggle to stop China spreading communism across South East Asia.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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