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   a·cross

   /əˈkrôs/

   preposition

   • 1. from one side to the other of (a place, area, etc.): "I ran across the street" Similar to the other side offrom one side of … to the otheroverthroughout the width/expanse ofcoveringeverywhere onon all parts of
   • 2. expressing position or orientation in relation to (an area or passage): "they lived across the street from one another" Similar on the other side ofoverbeyondpast

   adverb

   • 1. from one side to the other of a place, area, etc.: "he had swum across" Similar to the other side offrom one side of … to the otheroverthroughout the width/expanse ofcoveringeverywhere onon all parts of
   • ▪ used with an expression of measurement: "a crater some 30 feet across"
   • 2. used to express position or orientation: "he looked across at me" Similar on the other side ofoverbeyondpast
   • 3. referring to a crossword answer which reads horizontally: "19 across"

   Word Origin Middle English (as an adverb meaning ‘in the form of a cross’): from Old French a croix, en croix ‘in or on a cross’, later regarded as being from a-2 + cross.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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