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Synonyms for across


Grammar : Prep
Spell : uh-kraws, uh-kros
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkrɔs, əˈkrɒs



Définition of across

Origin :
  • early 14c., acros, earlier a-croiz (c.1300), from Anglo-French an cros "in a crossed position," literally "on cross" (see cross (n.)). Prepositional meaning "from one side to another" is first recorded 1590s; meaning "on the other side (as a result of crossing)" is from 1750. Phrase across the board originally is from horse-racing, in reference to a bet of the same amount of money on a horse to win, place, or show.
  • prep traversing a space, side to side
Example sentences :
  • Just across the way, there lived a farmer who had a young daughter.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • A mile, across fields, intervened between me and the coach-office.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • "Up the Main Street, and across the drawbridge," said the soldier, goodnaturedly.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • We'll put it across that corner, and have the couch against that wall.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • You been seein' that squirrel that's been runnin' across the clearin'?
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The next time that squirrel comes scootin' across I'll say, 'Now!'
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Here on the Street, with its menace just across, he must live, that she might work.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • From across the Street the boy watched her with adoring, humble eyes.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Beyond Schwitter's the highroad stretched, broad and inviting, across the State.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • From across the Street, as he got into his car, he had waved his hand to her.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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