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   across

   /əˈkrɒs/

   preposition

   • 1. from one side to the other of (a place, area, etc.): "I ran across the street" Similar to the other side offrom one side of … to the otheroverthroughout the width/expanse ofcoveringeverywhere onon all parts of
   • 2. expressing position or orientation in relation to (an area or passage): "they lived across the street from one another" Similar on the other side ofoverbeyondpast

   adverb

   • 1. from one side to the other of a place, area, etc.: "he had swum across" Similar to the other side offrom one side of … to the otheroverthroughout the width/expanse ofcoveringeverywhere onon all parts of
   • ▪ used with an expression of measurement: "a crater some 30 metres across"
   • 2. used to express position or orientation: "he looked across at me" Similar on the other side ofoverbeyondpast
   • 3. referring to a crossword answer which reads horizontally: "19 across"

   Word Origin 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-2 + cross.

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   What is the meaning of the word across?

   • 1. from one side to the other of: a bridge across a river. 2. on or to the other side of; beyond: across the sea. 3. into contact with; into the presence of, usu. by accident: to come across an old friend. 4. crosswise of or transversely to the length of something; athwart. 5. from one side to another. 6. on the other side: We'll soon be across.

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   How do you use across in a sentence?

   • In addition to the uses shown below, across is used in phrasal verbs such as 'come across', 'get across', and 'put across'. If someone or something goes across a place or a boundary, they go from one side of it to the other. She walked across the floor and lay down on the bed. He watched Karl run across the street to Tommy.

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   Is across a preposition or adverb?

   • We use across as a preposition (prep) and an adverb (adv). Across means on the other side of something, or from one side to the other of something which has sides or limits such as a city, road or river: …

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   What does 'across the board' mean?

   • Across describes something that's situated on the opposite side or the direction you have to go to get from one side to another. Thinking about swimming across the English Channel? It's 23.7 miles across from England to France, so you might want to take a boat instead. The phrase "across the board" means that all parts of something are affected.

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     We use across as a preposition (prep) and an adverb (adv)....

   • Znaczenie Across, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     ACROSS definicja: 1. from one side to the other of something...

   • Across Spanish Translation

     ACROSS translate: de un lado a otro, de un lado a otro de,...

   • Across: Russian Translation

     ACROSS translate: через , на той стороне, в поперечнике ....

   • Across: French Translation

     ACROSS translate: à travers, de l’autre côté, partout dans,...

   • Across: Italian Translation

     across translate: attraverso, da una parte all’altra (di),...

   • Across: Polish Translation

     ACROSS translate: przez, w poprzek, po drugiej stronie , na...

   • Across: Indonesian Translation

     ACROSS translate: menyeberang, di seberang, ke seberang....

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    Across describes something that's situated on the opposite side or the direction you have to go to get from one side to another. Thinking about swimming across the English Channel? It's 23.7 miles across from England to France, so you might want to take a boat instead.