Definitions for across

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across a·cross

Spelling: [uh-kraws, uh-kros]

IPA: /əˈkrɔs, əˈkrɒs/

Across is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in across (acorss).

Definitions for across

adverb

1. from one side to another.
2. on the other side:
3. crosswise; transversely:
4. so as to be understood or learned:
5. into a desired or successful state:

adjective

1. being in a crossed or transverse position; crosswise:

preposition

1. from one side to the other of:
2. on or to the other side of; beyond:
3. into contact with; into the presence of, usually by accident:
4. crosswise of or transversely to the length of something; athwart:

Origin of across

First recorded in 1470-80; a-¹ + cross

Examples for across

Just across the way, there lived a farmer who had a young daughter.

The wives have been traveling for years across the globe to bring attention to the case.

"Up the Main Street, and across the drawbridge," said the soldier, goodnaturedly.

We'll put it across that corner, and have the couch against that wall.

In the past, union officials have appeared at numerous peaceful protests in New York and across the country.

And this is a poll, remember, not of Latinos, or of Cuban-Americans across the country.

You been seein' that squirrel that's been runnin' across the clearin'?

How do you find the materials, and how do you manage to get them across New York to the sites?

A mile, across fields, intervened between me and the coach-office.

They were across the street from a fire station, close enough for his daughter to yell for help.