Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
2. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
3. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
4. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
5. At or near the far end of (a space).
6. Spanning.
7. Throughout.
8. 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."

A boy that sat across me politely introduced himself as Jackson Klausner.

The meteor streaked across the sky.

Word Forms

• acrost
• acrosses

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Use across when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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