across
/əˈkɹɔs/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.25 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
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To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
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On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
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across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
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So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
Example Sentences
- "We rowed across the river."
- "Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river."
- "He came across the street to meet me."
- "That store is across the street."
- "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."
- "On another occasion, Clinton asked Patterson to drive him to Chelsea's school, Booker Elementary, where Clinton met the department store clerk and climbed into her car. "I parked across the entrance and stood outside the car looking around, about 120 feet from where they were parked in a lot that was pretty well lit," Patterson recalled. "[…]They stayed in the car for thirty to forty minutes.""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Old Latin en Latin in Old French en Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Italic *kruks /*krukis Latin crux Old French crois Anglo-Norman an croizbor. Middle English acros English across From Middle English acros, from early Middle English a-croiz, a-creoyz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross. By surface analysis, a- + cross.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈkɹɔs/
- British English: /əˈkɹɒs/