across

[A*cross·]

Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

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From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.

Adjective
placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across"

Adverb
transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"

Adverb
to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across"

Adverb
in such a manner as to be understood and accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across"


n.
From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.

adv.
From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.

adv.
Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.


Across

A*cross" (; 115), prep. [Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n.] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden. To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman. -- To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.

Across

A*cross", adv. 1. From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across. Shak. 2. Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry. [Obs.]
The squint-eyed Pharisees look across at all the actions of Christ.

From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.

From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.

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Usage Examples

A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put me in his car, and stuck his tongue in my mouth.

Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States, lives in a mansion that uses more electricity than the average family's bungalow! David Suzuki rides on a bus that uses more fuel than a Smart car to get across Canada! Oh my God! And this is just the tip of the vanishing iceberg!

All my dreams are coming true all across the board for some reason.

And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.

As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.

And I just think that we're at a point in our economic life here in our state - and - and, candidly, across the country, where increased taxes is just the wrong way to go. The people of our state are not convinced that state government, county government, local government has done all they can with the money we already give them, rather than the money that we have before.

As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

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Other Usage Examples

A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity.

And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.

American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture.

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.

Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with them, our shoulder-to-shoulder relationship with them, our conduct of operations with them every single day defines the real relationship.

And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.

A man can be drawn across the room with the simplicity of a smile. That's why your pearly whites should always be straight and shiny. I think most of my clients are drawn to a fun, flirty nature in a woman. The problem is, most women do not often feel fun and flirty.

As a teacher myself I've been in situations where parents come at you, and sometimes parents come across like the teacher doesn't want the best for their kid and it can be really, really hurtful.

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