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[ pronoun ] preposition, from the exterior the interior to the exterior in a countinuous path
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[ adverb ] to the opposite side
Examples "the football field was 300 feet across" Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)We walked down the Rue_de_L_'_Arcade , thence along beside the Madeleine and across to a sidewalk cafe opposite that church . (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)Where across the street ? (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)Aside from the fact that business was slow this time_of_year and his one salesgirl was not the most enterprising , Mr._Phillips had no worries at_all , and he said as much to Gun_Matson , who sat across from him in civilian clothes , on a Jiffy-Couch-a-Bed , mauve velour , $ 79.89 nothing down special ! (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)They followed him into the rain and across to the squat stone building fifty feet to the rear . |
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[ adverb ] in such a manner as to be understood and accepted
Synonyms Examples "she cannot get her ideas across" Used in print (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)Wide windows with many small leaded panes swept across the upper stories . |
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[ adverb ] transversely
Examples "the marble slabs were cut across" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Scarcity of paper caused many Southerners to adopt the practice of cross writing , i._e. , after writing from left to right of the page in the usual manner , they gave the sheet a half turn and wrote from end to end across the lines previously written . |
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[ pronoun ] preposition, in or toward the other side in a countinuous path
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[ adjective ] placed crosswise
Synonyms Examples "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers" "crossed forks" "seated with arms across" Related terms |
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