Across

  

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Across

Definition: Across

Across

Adjective

1. Placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across".

Adverb

1. To the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across".

2. In such a manner as to be understood and accepted; "she cannot get her ideas across".

3. Transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "across" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Synonyms: Across

Synonyms: crossed (adj), crossways (adv), crosswise (adv), over (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: uncrossed (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Across

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Arrival

Come to hand; come at, come across; hit; come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon; meet; encounter, rencounter; come in contact.

Barter

Adverb: across the counter.

Discovery

Pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon; come across,come onto; meet with, meet up with, fall in with.

Memory

Recur to the mind; flash on the mind, flash across the memory.

Opposition

In spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth.

Passage

Verb: pass, pass through; perforate; (hole); penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground.

Thought

Occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Across

English words defined with "across": across the boardcome across, cut acrossget across, go acrossTo cut across, To go across the country. (references)
Specialty definitions using "across": Came across. (references)
Etymologies containing "across": Tumpline. (references)

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Modern Usage: Across

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Hello, um, you might wanna send a maintenance man to that office across the way because the lights are off and they must be looking for a fuse box or something because them flashlights are keeping me awake (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

I hope I can make it across the border (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Hey! Get your butt across the white line (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost)

I came across time for you Sarah, I love you, I always have (The Terminator; writing credit: James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd, Harlan Ellison)

We drove a sixth away across the country in the wrong direction (Dumb & Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly; Bennett Yellin)

Lyrics

Up to New York City all across the USA ("My Home's in Alabama"; performing artist: Alabama)

Please excuse, if I come across rude (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet)

And strap your hands across my engines ("Born to Run"; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

Far across the distance ("My Heart Will Go On"; performing artist: Celine Dion)

Then he pulled the bow across the strings ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"; performing artist: Charlie Daniels Band)

Clever

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. (references; author: unknown)

You will come across hope and despair in almost every situation. Only one of them wins each time. (references; author: unknown)

This evening at 7 P.M., there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. (references; author: unknown)

The only thing I like about the stones that come in my way is, once I pass across them, they automatically become my milestones! (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

If you must cross a coarse, cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross, coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Across This Land (1973)

Wheels Across a Wilderness (1967)

Texas Across the River (1966)

Across the River (1965)

Run Across the River (1961)

Song Titles

OVER THE MOUNTAIN, ACROSS THE SEA  (performing artist: Johnnie & Joe )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Across

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Footwear with Leather Outer Soles and Uppers which Consist of Leather Straps across the Instep and around the Big Toe: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Across the Sabbath River: In Search of a Lost Tribe of Israel (In Search of a Lost Tribe of Israel) (reference)

  • How to Say It At Work: Putting Yourself Across with Power Words, Phrases, Body Language, and Communication Secrets (reference)

  • Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Silverchair: Across the Night - The Creation of Diorama (reference)

  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Special Edition) (reference)

  • Across the Great Divide (reference)

  • Texas Across the River (reference)

  • Waltz Across Texas (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Across

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Photo Album: Across

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From an overhead angle, a purple glass of milk is spilled into the frame from the lower left corner across a white counter. Above the glass in the upper left is a green bowl of fruit and cottage cheese. The red lettering in the lower right reads: "Eat Low-fat Dairy Foods". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" June 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

From on overhead angle, a plate of potatoes and green beans, a bowl of tomatoes and yellow peppers with sour cream dip and a tossed salad are shown on a white tablecloth. Across the middle of the table, grey letters read: "Include 3-5 servings of vegetables daily". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" April 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Eiffel Tower from across Seine River, Paris, France. Credit: CDC.

Stretching the Hubble telescope's vision farther across space and further back into time than ... Credit: NASA.

Astronomers have assembled the first definitive detection of a background infrared glow across ... Credit: NASA.

Leveling across Isthmus of Panama. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Setup for calibrating microwave navigation instruments Master unit set up across sound Calibration crew from NOAA Ship WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Looking across Pillsbury Sound to Thatch Cay. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The end of the road caused by a lava flow across the pavement. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Home sweet quanset hut - horizontally blowing snow streaks across the front door. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Across
 

"Floral Photos from Scotland 4" by Chris Baugh
Commentary: "Taken across Scotland in such locations as the Royal Botanical Gardens of Edinburgh and castle gardens."
"Nelson Mandela Bridge 2" by Laura Kennedy
Commentary: "Johannesburg has the largest cable-stayed bridge in southern Africa. Who else to name it after but Nelson Mandela, the man who led South Africa across the apartheid divide? Opened July 21, 2003 ."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Across".

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Sweeping glass across the floor with a broom.Metal door being pulled shut across the cement floor.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Across

AuthorQuotation

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

Horace

They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea.

Joseph A. Cannon

In legislation we all do a lot of "swapping tobacco across the lines."

Matt Groening

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

William Hazlitt

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Across

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

On the other hand, Germany shall not levy, under any denomination, any import, export or transit duty on goods carried by land or water across her territory to or from the free zone from or to any other State. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

In front of the iron curtain which lies across Europe are other causes for anxiety. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Across

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

He walked across to the window

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

They went, the Ghost and Scrooge, across the hall, to a door at the back of the house

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Leap across the brook, and come to us.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Nothing could be heard, but the faint cries of a flock of birds of passage, that were flying across the sky at an immense height

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He broke into a run and, running quicker and quicker, ran across the cinderpath and reached the third line playground, panting

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The front door hung open inward, and a low strong gate across the front door hung outward on leather hinges

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I likewise felt several slender ligatures across my body, from my armpits to my thighs

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

I have found it a singular luxury to talk across the pond to a companion on the opposite side

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Across

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Variability across children is substantial. (references)

However, the incidence of DCIS is similar across age groups. (references)

MEDLINEplus allows you to browse across an alphabetical index. (references)

Business

Market share varies across corporate market shareholders. (references)

The trend for expansion across national borders continues. (references)

Software technology parks have been established across the country. (references)

Children

Taiwan

Under a plan adopted by the NPA, city and county authorities across the island have established police task forces to strengthen their efforts against child prostitution. (references)

Lithuania

It is believed that several thousand children live "on the street." Approximately 60 local children's rights protection services across the country routinely identify these children and, if they do not have parents or if their parents abused their parental obligations, place them in foster homes or care institutions. (references)

Civil Liberties

Monaco

Residents move freely within the country and across its open borders with France. (references)

Economic History

North Korea

Japan lies east of the peninsula across the Sea of Japan. (references)

India

The rules vary across industries and are frequently changed. (references)

India

Islam spread across the subcontinent over a period of 500 years. (references)

Human Rights

Botswana

The 23 prisons across the country have a capacity of more than 4,000 inmates but held 6,042 at year's end. (references)

Chad

In the interview, the Interior Minister said that Chadian troops did not follow the raiders back across the border. (references)

Algeria

Armed terrorist groups consistently used threats of violence to extort money from businesses and families across the country. (references)

Indigenous People

Canada

Since 1999 the authorities have settled 16 specific claims, and 70 comprehensive land claims have been negotiated across the country. (references)

Minorities

Guinea

Mutual suspicion affects relations across ethnic lines, in and out of the Government. (references)

Canada

Police forces across the country actively investigated and discouraged anti-Muslim actions. (references)

Political Economy

Ukraine

The U.S. pursued a broad engagement with Ukraine across all fields and at all levels. (references)

Nepal

American representatives enjoy excellent access to top-level officials and politicians across the political spectrum. (references)

East Timor

One Indonesian soldier, dressed in civilian attire, was killed by UN-PKF in July after he reportedly fired across the border into East Timor. (references)

Political Rights

Swaziland

Voter turnout was low, with percentages ranging from 12 percent to 40 percent across all cities and towns. (references)

Iran

Government figures indicated that roughly 280,000 candidates competed for 130,000 council seats across the nation. (references)

Algeria

To obtain approval, a party must have 25 founders from across the country whose names must be registered with the Interior Ministry. (references)

Trade

Chad

CEMAC has standardized customs duties across the region. (references)

Kazakhstan

The deal passport is issued only if there is a movement of goods across the Kazakhstani border. (references)

Luxembourg

The ISO 9000 registration process is not cheap, and market demand for registration varies across product and service sectors. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Located across from SSNIT Guest House, just off Ring Road. (references)

Ghana

Liberation Road, Airport Residential Area, across from Polo Club, near Granada and Shangri-La hotels. (references)

Chad

Kousserie: Located across the river in Cameroon, Kousserie has a daily market, several general stores, and fabric shops. (references)

Women

Thailand

Domestic abuse continues to be a serious problem affecting the welfare of many women; reliable reports indicate that domestic abuse occurs across all social classes. (references)

Pakistan

When this custom is violated, especially across ethnic lines, violence against the couple may result, and the authorities generally fail to prosecute such cases vigorously. (references)

Switzerland

A total of 812 women and 842 children took refuge in 13 women's shelters across the country during 2000. Those in charge of the shelters estimated that nearly as many women were denied access due to a lack of space and limited funding. (references)

Worker Rights

Mongolia

It is not difficult to traffic persons across the country's borders. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

They were sent back across the Malian border and returned to Mauritania; their escort escaped. (references)

Benin

In addition hundreds of children are taken across the border to Togo and Cote d'Ivoire to work in plantations. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Across

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

Once hotbeds of free speech, college campuses across the country have engaged in an arms race to see who can craft the most restrictive speech code.

Donald Rumsfeld

Well, I've seen reports on it, and it happens almost every day. Somewhere across this globe a group of people, a cell, is being arrested and being interrogated, and we're connecting the dots.

Jim Morris

I'm doing inspirational speaking across the country right now. And as a matter of fact, I go to Hawaii tomorrow. I'll speak to a group there.

Rush Limbaugh

Democrats Are Leaving Dark Side In Droves: According to our audience research, conversions like Mark's are happening in tremendous numbers all across the fruited plain.

Sylvia Browne

Oh, sure, you go through the tunnel, and children go through, strangely enough, will go across the bridge. It's marvelous what happens.

Tim McGraw

My mother used to keep Christmas presents in her closet. I was going through the closet looking for Christmas presents. I ran across my birth certificate. That's how I found out.

Tip O'Neill

I would have to say that in the Congress of the United States, some of my closest and dearest friends are across the aisle. They are republicans. It's one of the things that amazes the people of the world.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Across

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Thus across all the globe there harshly blow the winds of change.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963The emergence of the new Europe is being matched by the emergence of new ties across the Atlantic.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969For our ultimate goal is a world without war, a world made safe for diversity, in which all men, goods, and ideas can freely move across every border and every boundary.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974President I realize that it is difficult to communicate meaningfully across the gulf of four years of war.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981We also worked with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to establish international guidelines to protect the privacy of personal information that is transferred across borders.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Republican candidates swept every major election across the country last year.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Incomes are rising across the board.

George W. Bush

2001-2005We've also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Across

"Across" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 86.35% of the time. "Across" is used about 25,176 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Preposition (except "of")86.35%21,740413
Adverb (general)13.65%3,4352,819
                    Total100.00%25,176N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Across

Expressions using "across": across board across country across flats across from across lots across the board across the border across the channel across the country across the grain across the nation across the river across the road across the sea across the square across the state across the street across the way across there ad across the counter carry smth. across one's back come across come across smb. come across smth. come across with convey across cut across cut across country designed maximum head across the weir draw a red herring across the path drift across the sky drop across fall across ferry across flash across the memory fly across get across get across the river get across to go across go across the bridge go across the road jump across leap a horse across a ditch live just across the street look across lug across move across out across pass across pop across pull across push across put across put it across smb. put one across put smth. across reach across row across run across scud across the sky see across send across skim across skip across step across straight across streak across stumble across swim across swim across a river swimming across swing across take across tee across throw bridge across to come across To cut across To go across the country to the across track across the fields walk across walk across the bridge walk across the street wear a track across a field width across flats wind across with arms across. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "across": across-class, across-country, across-section, across-the-atlantic, across-the-board, across-the-board agreement, across-the-bored, across-the-curriculum, across-the-fence, across-the-range, across-the-table, across-track error.

Ending with "across": carry-across, roll-across, straight-across, x-across.

Containing "across": belt-across-the-chops, computer-across-the-curriculum, otherness-across-gender, slicing-across-the-stomach.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Across

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

across one

314

rails across america

21

race across america

233

across america clothtique santas

21

across five april

121

across april five lyrics

20

across

100

across the star

19

home across canada

86

across america kyle petty ride

19

across america broadway

86

across maine trek

18

across lyrics universe

65

across city halfway pond

18

across the universe

62

walk across america

18

writing across curriculum

41

across bike georgia ride

16

across bike kansas

40

across nation

16

across america hands

35

across client consulting development product services th

16

across lite

33

across bike nebraska ride

16

matchbox across america

33

across country driving

15

ride across america

31

backpacking across europe

15

read across america

28

across century

14

waltz across texas

26

across america car

14

across america kid

24

across tab universe

14

walking across egypt

23

across america hand job

14

across america bike

22

across america

14

beer across america

22

across biking kansas

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Across

Language Translations for "across"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

dwarsdeur (throughout). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

matanë (athwart, below, beyond, in the opposite direction, on the other side of, over, past, trans). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فوق (above, atop, before, on, on top of, onto, over, overhead, up, upon, upstairs), ‏من جانب آخر, ‏نحو (about, at, to, toward, towards), ‏على (at, below, causal, exalt, in, lift, onto, to, upon, vocalic), ‏عبر (act out, carry, clothe, come, come across, conceive, couch, cross, emit, enunciate, express, express oneself, fly, get through, give voice to, go over, jibe, jump, mouth, navigate, negotiate, pass, phrase, run, signify, slice through, span, swim, track, trans, transit, ventilate, voice). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

в диаметър (round), оттатък (behind, beyond, over, past, round), отвъд (beyond, outside, over, past), от единия до другия, от другата страна на, от другата страна (over), напречно (crossly), напреко на (aslant), напреко (as the crow flies, athwart, widthways, widthwise), на ширина, на кръст (crosswise), на другата страна на, на другата страна (over), през средата, през (along, by, down, during, in, of, on, out, over, thro, through, throughout, thru, via). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

trobar (come across, encounter, meet, see). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(horizontal, unruly), 横跨 (Astride). (various references)

   

Croatian

  

preko. (various references)

   

Czech

  

za (after, around, at, away, behind, beyond, by, each, for, in, instead of, of, over, past, pending, per, under, unto, within), vodorovnì (horizontally), přes (above, beyond, by, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding, over, past, through, via), pøes (past), napříè, na druhé stranì (beyond, on the other hand, overleaf), křížem (crosswise). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tværs (beyond, on the other side of), over (about, above, beyond, concerning, on, on the other side of, over, upon). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

over (abiding, about, above, after, away, behind, beyond, concerning, in, left, left over, more than, on, on the other side of, over, past, remaining, upon), overheen (beyond, on the other side of), aan de overkant van (beyond, on the other side of, opposite). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

trans (beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

yvir um (beyond, on the other side of), hinumegin (beyond, on the other side of), handan fyri (beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

سرتاسر (At, Capapie, Crossways, Crosswise, Hipandthigh, Overall, Through), ازمیان (Per), ازوسط (Athwart, Crossways, Crosswise, Per, Through), ازعرض , ازاین سوبان سو (Athwart), ازاین طرف بان طرف , درمیان (Amid, Amidst, Among, Between, Betwixt, Into, Midst). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ylitse (over), toiselle puolelle (to the other side), ristikkäin (crosswise), poikkiteloin, poikki (beyond, off, on the other side of), poikittain (crosswise, transversely), jonkin poikki, halki (asunder, in two, through). (various references)

   

French

  

au-delà de, au delà de, vers, sur, outre, en travers de, en largeur, en écharpe, de l'autre côté, à travers. (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

traversez (cross, go across). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

dwers (beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

   

German

  

über (about, above, at, beyond, by, concerning, dabout, excess, for, of, on, on the other side of, over, past, sur, up above, upon, upward of, via), quer (askance, aslant, athwart, beyond, cross, crossways, crosswise, diagonally, on the other side of), hinüber (beyond, on the other side of, over, over there), herüber (over, over here), durch (because of, by, by dint of, by force of, by means of, by means of smth., by way of, due to, on, owing to, per, through, throughout, thru, via, well done, with). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

απέναντι (abreast, opposite). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

matanë (beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ממול (facing, in front of, opposite), מעבר ל- (beyond, over, past), לרוחב, בעבר השני (beyond). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

keresztben (athwart, crossways, thwart, thwart-ship, traverse), keresztül (beyond, by, on the other side of, over, through, trans, traverse, via), át (across/through, by, over, through, via). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

mæta (come across, encounter, meet, see), hitta (come across, encounter, meet, see). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

seberang (foreign, opposite), mendatar (be level, horizontal), melintang (transversal, transverse), jarak lintas. (various references)

   

Irish

  

trasna (through). (various references)

   

Italian

  

attraverso (athwart, beyond, by, crosswise, on the other side of, over, through, via). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

越し (beyond, over), 横に (crossways, crosswise, horizontally, sideways). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ごし (beyond, commerce, over, the evolution of the usage of a word, the five fingers, trade), よこに (crossways, crosswise, horizontally, sideways). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

저 쪽에. (various references)

   

Lombard

  

travers (beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

   

Malagasy

  

am-pitan'ny (across from the). (various references)

   

Malay

  

lintang (beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

   

Manx

  

wass (over here, side), noal (from beyond, hence, hither, homewards, over), hoon, hoal (beyond, come over, hence, opposite, overleaf, reverse, yonder), harrish (above, beyond, bygone, over, over him, trans), har (beyond; snot). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

tvers over (beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

horizòntalmente, enfrente (beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acrossay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

poprzez (beyond, on the other side of), po drugiej stronie (beyond, on the other side of). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

através de (athwart, beyond, per). (various references)

   

Quechua

  

chimpapi (across from). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

de-a latul, curmeziş (aslant, crosswise, traversely), curmezişul (beyond, on the other side of), de (about, against, as, ay, because, by, for, from, if, of, on, regarding, respecting, since, to, well, with), de cealaltã parte, de la o margine la altã, de la un cap la altul, cruciş (aslant, crossing, crosswise, hostile, slantwise, squint, squinting), de-a curmezişul (aslant, athwart, crossways, transversally, traversely), vizavi (opposite), deasupra (above, over, overhead), dincolo (beyond, over there), dincolo de (above, below, beyond, over, without), orizontal (flatly, horizontally, width), peste (above, after, beyond, over, through, upwards of), transversal (Broadways, cross, cross-cut, crosswise, slanting, transversal, transversally, transverse, transversely, traverse), de partea cealaltã (opposite, over). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

через (care of, in, per, through, throughout, trans, via). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

trasd (a. across), thar (beyond; governs the gen. case of n.), tarsuinn (oblique, that crosses, transverse). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

unakrst (crosswise), prekoputa (opposite, vis-ŕ-vis), preko (beyond, on, out of, over, through, trans, upward of, via), popreko (abeam, askance, athwart, broadways, diagonally). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

a través de (aslant, athwart, beyond, on the other side of, over, through), a través (thru). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

tuka (come across, encounter, meet, see), miti (come across, encounter, meet, see). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

katikati (beyond, on the other side of, rather). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

över (about, above, after, beyond, concerning, of, on, over, past, through, throughout, upon, via). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

lában sa (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, upon). (various references)

   

Thai

  

แผ่ไปทั่ว (extend across), เคลื่อนข้ามอย่างเร็ว (zoom across / along), ฉีกเป็นสองส่วน (rip across), จับพาด (set across). (various references)

   

Tswana

  

lebagana. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ortasından, karşýsýnda, karşıya (across the street, over, to the other side), karşısında (before, in front of, in the face of, opposite, over against), karşıdan karşıya (across the street, athwart, over the street), içinden (from inside, inwardly, thro, through, thru, within), genişliğinde (deep), üstünden, öbür tarafında, çaprazvarí (beyond, on the other side of), çapraz (bias, cornerwise, crisscross, cross, crossways, crosswise, decussate, diagonal, groined, lattice, slantways, slantwise, thwart, transversal, transverse, traverse). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

aюyrmak (get across), unamak (come across, find), uзramak (come across, meet, receive), tapmak (come across, find, think out), зakyюmak (collide, come across, run into). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

упоперек (aslant, athwart, broadwise, crosswise, transversely), хрестом, через (about, among, amongst, aslant, because of, by, by way of, down, for, from, in, o'er, over, owing to, per, seeing, thanks to, through, throughout, via), крізь (among, amongst), навхрест (criss cross), на той бік, завширшки (wide), паралельно (in parallel). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

qua (thro, through), ngang qua bắt chéo, ngang (equal, measurement), chéo nhau (criss-cross, cross), chéo chữ thập (cruciate, decussate). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ar groes, ar draws, trosodd (beyond, over). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

-hlangana (come across, encounter, meet, see). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Across

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

trâns, trans, trans-, transgredere, transgredi, transgrediantur, transgrediar, transgrediaris, transgrediebatur, transgrediens, transgredientes, transgredientur, transgredieris, transgredietur, transgredimini, transgreditur, transgrediuntur, transgressi, transgressis, transgressus. (various references)

Avestan200-600

tarasca. (various references)

Anglo-French1100-1600

an cros. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Across

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 1, Verse 41
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEuriskei outoV prwtoV ton adelfon ton idion simwna kai legei autw eurhkamen ton messian o estin meqermhneuomenon o cristoV
Latin405VulgateInvenit hic primum fratrem suum Simonem et dicit ei invenimus Messiam quod est interpretatum Christus
Old English990West SaxonÐes ge-mette ærest symonem hysbroðer & ge-cwæð to hym. we ge-mettenmessiam þæt ys ge-reht crist.
Middle English1395WyclifThis foond first his brother Symount, and he seide to him, We han foundun Messias, that is to seie, Crist; and he ledde him to Jhesu.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThe same founde his brother Simon fyrst and sayde vnto him: we have founde Messias which is by interpretacion annoynted:
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah; which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Basic English1964OgdenEarly in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Across

LanguageJohn Chapter 1, Verse 41
CroatianOn najprije naðe svoga brata Šimuna te æe mu: "Našli smo Mesiju!" - što znaèi "Krist - Pomazanik".
FinnishHän tapasi ensin veljensä Simonin ja sanoi hänelle: "Me olemme löytäneet Messiaan", se on käännettynä: Kristus.
MaoriKo ia kua kite wawe i tona tuakana ake, i a Haimona, ka mea ki a ia, Kua kitea e maua te Mihaia, ko te tikanga tenei ina whakamaoritia, ko te Karaiti.
RussianпО РЕТЧЩК ОБИПДЙФ ВТБФБ УЧПЕЗП уЙНПОБ Й ЗПЧПТЙФ ЕНХ: НЩ ОБЫМЙ нЕУУЙА, ЮФП ЪОБЮЙФ: иТЙУФПУ;
ShuarAntressha Wárik ni yachi Semunkan eaktajtsa wémiayi. Tura Wáiniak "Misías Wáinkiaji" Tímiayi. Misíaska ni chichamen "Kristu" tawai. Krístuka Israer-shuaran yainkiarat tusa Yus anaikiamuiti.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Across

Derivations

Words containing "across": lacrosse, lacrosses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Across" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acaos, acaras, accress, accros, accross, acorss, acrass, acrorst, acros, acrose, acrost, acrross, acrss, acwos, Akros, Avros, caoss, Carozzi, carrozza, davross, Ecros, encross, Harcross, Iacorossi, Jaross, lacross, Nacoss. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Across"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "across" (pronounced ukrô"s)
5u k r ô" slacrosse.
4-k r ô" scross, recross.
3-r ô" sdross, Pross.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Across

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-o-r-s-s"

-1 letter: crass, cross, orcas, saros, scars, soars, soras.

-2 letters: arco, arcs, cars, cors, coss, oars, ocas, orca, orcs, osar, ossa, rocs, sacs, scar, soar, sora.

-3 letters: arc, ars, ass, car, cor, cos, oar, oca, ora, orc, ors, ras, roc, sac, sos.

-4 letters: ar, as, or, os, so.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-o-r-s-s"
 

+1 letter: castors, corsacs, costars, sarcous, soucars, sowcars.

 

+2 letters: carassow, carouses, coarsens, coarsest, coasters, corsages, corsairs, costards, crossarm, crossbar, crossway, crusados, curassow, escolars, lacrosse, narcoses, narcosis, sarcoids, sarcomas, scabrous, scariose, scarious, scholars, socagers, solacers, surcoats.

 

+3 letters: accessory, acrosomes, acrostics, acrotisms, ancestors, anchoress, ascocarps, ascospore, aurochses, autocross, backcross, barbascos, cabestros, cabrestos, capsomers, carassows, caroluses, carousals, carousels, carousers, caryopses, caryopsis, caseworks, caseworms, casserole, cassowary, castratos, classroom, coatdress, commissar, contrasts, copastors, cordgrass, croissant, crossable, crossarms, crossbars, crossbeam, crosshair, crosshead, crossroad, crosstalk, crosswalk, crossways, crusadoes, cryostats, curassows, ectosarcs, endosarcs, escargots, escaroles, forecasts, graciosos, horsecars, idocrases, lacrosses, mesocarps, ossicular, ostracise, ostracism, ostracods, overcasts, piscators, postcards, postcrash, rosaceous, sarcosome, scenarios, scleromas, scorepads, scrofulas, shamrocks, stockcars, sycamores.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient
21. Bible Trace
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Bibliography


  

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