/əˈkrɒs/
Translation
From one side of something to the other side.
Word origin
From Old French a croix, meaning in the shape of a cross, so lying from side to side.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- a croix
- English cognates
- cross
Examples
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"Across" means from one bank to the other.
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"Across" here means on the other side.
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"Across" shows movement over a flat surface.
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(5)Grammar articles
(11)Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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