Lexic.us

Definition of Across

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

2. Adverb. Transversely. "The marble slabs were cut across"

Definition of Across

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

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

Definition of Across

1. Preposition. To, toward(,) or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest). ¹

2. Preposition. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest). ¹

3. Preposition. (Southern US AAVE) On the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest). ¹

4. Preposition. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed). ¹

5. Preposition. At or near the far end of (a space). ¹

6. Preposition. Spanning. ¹

7. Preposition. Throughout, ¹

8. Preposition. So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle. ¹

9. Adverb. From one side to the other. ¹

10. Adverb. On the other side. ¹

11. Adverb. In a particular direction. ¹

12. Adverb. (context: crosswords) Horizontally. ¹

13. Noun. (context: crosswords) A clue whose solution runs horizontally in the grid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Across

1. from one side of to the other [prep]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Across

Literary usage of Across

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"And so, according to their resolution, they immediately took across one and twenty ships. 10. In the mean time tho Isthmian games ..."

2. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"CHAPTER V THE JOURNEY across THE HEATH Thursday, the thirty-first of August, was one of a series of days during which snug houses were stifling, ..."

3. Around the world in eighty days, tr. by G.M. Towle by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND HIS COMPANIONS VENTURE across THE INDIAN FORESTS, AND WHAT ENSUED. IN" order to shorten the journey, the guide passed to the left ..."

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