Across

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  • preposition. On, at, or from the other side of.
  • preposition. So as to cross; through.
  • preposition. From one side of to the other.
  • preposition. Into contact with.
  • adverb. From one side to the other.
  • adverb. On or to the opposite side.
  • adverb. Crosswise; crossed.
  • adverb. In such a manner as to be comprehensible, acceptable, or successful.
  • adjective. Being in a crossed position.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • From side to side; in a crossing or crossed manner; crosswise.
  • From one side to another; transversely; in a transverse line: as, what is the distance across? I came across in a steamer.
  • Adversely; contrarily: as, “things go across,” Mir. for Mags., p. 344
  • From side to side of, as opposed to along, which is in the direction of the length; athwart; quite over: as, a bridge is laid across a river.
  • Transverse to the length of; so as to intersect at any angle: as, a line passing across another.
  • Beyond; on the other side of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • preposition. From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over.
  • preposition. to come upon or meet incidentally.
  • preposition. to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.
  • adverb. From side to side; crosswise.
  • adverb. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • preposition. To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
  • preposition. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
  • preposition. On the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
  • preposition. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
  • preposition. At or near the far end of (a space).
  • preposition. Spanning.
  • preposition. Throughout,
  • preposition. So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
  • adverb. From one side to the other.
  • adverb. On the other side.
  • adverb. In a particular direction.
  • adverb. Horizontally.
  • noun. A clue whose solution runs horizontally in the grid.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adverb. to the opposite side
  • adverb. transversely
  • Word Usage
    "Again, bogs are not infrequently come across -- _across_, by the way, is hardly the word to use."
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