across

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

   • We rowed across the river.
   • Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river.
   • He came across the street to meet me.
2. 2

   On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

   • That store is across the street.
3. 3

   across from

   across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).

   • And make sure you're parked across the mall in the outside lot. […] Last time I was there, I parked in a parking structure and paid an arm and a leg for it.
   • A boy that sat across me politely introduced himself as Jackson Klausner.
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   1. 4

      From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).

      • The meteor streaked across the sky.
      • He walked across the room.
      • Could you slide that across the table to me, please?
   2. 5

      At or near the far end of (a space).

      • "Mam's baking and Cathleen's asleep. I've got a pile of washing bubbling in the copper, so I'd best be off." With that she was across the room and out the door.
   3. 6

      Spanning.

      • This poetry speaks across the centuries.
   4. 7

      Throughout.

      • All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.
      • Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
   5. 8

      So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.

      • Lay the top stick across the bottom one.
      • She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet.
      • He parked across the end of the driveway, blocking her in.
   6. 9

      In possession of full, up-to-date information about

      In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.

      • Keep across all the latest news here at Channel 10.
      • As a regular news reader I thought I was across the eccentricities of the US president.
   7. 10

      From one side to the other.

      • she helped the blind man across; the river is half a mile across
   8. 11

      On the other side.

      • If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?
   9. 12

      In a particular direction.

      • He leaned across for a book.
   10. 13

       Horizontally.

       • I got stuck on 4 across.
   11. 14

       A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.

       • I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.

The neighborhood

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