Dictionary Definition
across adj : placed crosswise; "spoken with a
straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with
arms across" [syn: crossed] [ant: uncrossed] adv
1 to the opposite side; "the football field was
300 feet across"
2 in such a manner as to be understood and
accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across" [syn: over]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Preposition
across- To, toward or from the far side of
- We rowed across the river
- Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river
- He came across the street to meet me
- Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river
- We rowed across the river
- On the opposite side of
- That store is across the street
- From one side to the other
- The meteor streaked across the sky
- Bridging a gap
- This poetry speaks across the centuries
- Perpendicularly
- Lay the top stick across the bottom one
- Horizontally (in crosswords)
- I got stuck on 4 across.
Translations
from the far side
on the opposite side
from one side to another
- Finnish: poikki, halki
- Italian: attraverso
- Slovene: prek
- Swedish: över
bridging a gap
- Italian: attraverso
- Slovene: prek
- Swedish: genom (of time)
perpendicularly
- Italian: attraverso
- Swedish: tvärs över
horizontal
- Finnish: poikittain
- Greek: οριζόντιος (orizóntios)
- Italian: attraverso
- Slovene: vodoravno
- Swedish: horisontellt, vågrätt
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Across may refer to:
- Across variable
- ACROSS, a fictional secret organization which is the subject of the manga and anime series Excel Saga
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
across the grain, against, astraddle, astride, athwart, athwartships, bendwise, beyond, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, confronting, contrariwise, contrawise, crisscross, cross, cross-grained, crossway, crossways, crosswise, diagonal, facing, fronting, horseback, in front of, in
opposition to, kittycorner, oblique, obliquely, on, on horseback, over against,
overthwart, past, sideways, sidewise, slant, straddle, straddle-legged,
straddleback,
thwart, thwartly, thwartways, toward, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, versus