across
prepositionDefinition of across
(Entry 1 of 3)
b
: on the opposite side of
lives across the street from us
2
: so as to intersect or pass through at an angle
sawed across the grain of the wood
3
: so as to find or meet
Researchers have come across important new evidence.
4a
: throughout
… obvious interest across the nation.— Robert Goralski
b
: so as to include or take into consideration all classes or categories
across
adverb
\ ə-ˈkrȯs
, chiefly dialectal -ˈkrȯst\
, chiefly dialectal -ˈkrȯst\
Definition of across (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: in a position reaching from one side to the other : crosswise
cut the potato across into thin slices
2
: to or on the opposite side
The stream was small enough to jump across.
3
: so as to be understandable, acceptable, or successful
trying to get an argument across
across
adjectiveDefinition of across (Entry 3 of 3)
: being in a crossed position
stood with her arms across
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Examples of across in a Sentence
Preposition
We took a ferry across the river. We saw them walking across the street. She reached across the table to shake his hand. They traveled back and forth across the border. Airplanes flew across the sky above us. He was seated across the table from me. The accident happened just across the state line. A smile spread across her face. Looking out across the ocean, he saw land. The sun's light spread across the mountains.Adverb
The streams are small enough to jump across. They walked across to the other side of the street. They reached across and shook each other's hand. At its widest point, the pond measures 150 feet across. I saw them crossing the street and I waited until they were safely across.
Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition
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The Nations League winner was in scintillating form during 2018/19, amassing 32 goals and 18 assists across all competitions for Sporting. — SI.com, "Bruno Fernandes Reveals Sporting CP Blocked Summer Transfer to Tottenham," 31 Aug. 2019 Relentless rains this year, combined with drenching storms that brought devastating floods across much of the Midwest and halted barge traffic, funneled much more water downriver than usual and compounded the damage. — Rory Doyle, New York Times, "Where Floods of ‘Biblical Proportion’ Drowned Towns and Farms," 30 July 2019 Brought to Germany for their fur in the 1930s, raccoons have since proliferated across much of Europe. — Douglas Main, National Geographic, "Raccoons are spreading across Earth—and climate change could help," 29 July 2019 Fernandez has now scored 11 goals across all competitions since joining the Timbers in May. The Argentine striker has scored an incredible eight goals in nine appearances in MLS play. — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive.com, "Portland Timbers vs. LA Galaxy: Players to watch, TV channel, how to watch live stream online," 25 July 2019 Her organization, along with others representing tenants and communities of color, backed the legislation allowing up to four houses within neighborhoods zoned for single-family homes across much of the state. — Los Angeles Times, "Oregon vowed not to become California — and passed sweeping housing crisis legislation," 19 July 2019 The second-year forward scored two pretty goals to give him four goals and two assists in the last four games across all competitions. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, "Minnesota United shows depth in 3-2 road win over Montreal," 6 July 2019 But by the middle of the century the game had been banned for females across much of the continent, including in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and France. — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, "Jill Ellis came to America to prosper in soccer, and now, the world is catching up," 29 June 2019 Nelson infused beautiful guitar licks across much of his hour-long closing set, matched by little sister Bobbie's swinging saloon piano and Mickey Raphael's sweet harmonica fills, and contrasted by Nelson's signature plain-spoken delivery. — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "7 takeaways from Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival at Summerfest," 28 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Erik Lamela ran onto Kane's header and fired a tame shot across goal that goalkeeper Bernd Leno failed to handle, gifting Eriksen a simple tap in. — Matias Grez, CNN, "Arsenal comes from two goals down to earn draw against Tottenham," 1 Sep. 2019 In his five seasons in Arizona, Palmer etched his name across team record books. — Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral, "Carson Palmer on Cardinals' Ring of Honor: 'I don't think I quite grasp the magnitude'," 5 June 2019 To evoke the iconic mob wife, Polko styled Teigen's hair into a loose bob with a smooth, all-across fringe with ends that Polko curled inward. — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "Chrissy Teigen’s New Bob Is Giving Us Scarface Vibes," 18 Mar. 2019 That requires the participation of staff across departments. — Nancy Harris, Recode, "A practical guide to the European Union’s GDPR for American businesses," 16 May 2018 The Italian international performed some stunning stopovers, before using Ádám Nagy as a shield to guide a vicious shot across goal and into the corner of Antonio Mirante's far post. — SI.com, "Bologna 1-2 AC Milan: Rossoneri Survive Late Scare From Rossoblu to End Barren Winless Run," 29 Apr. 2018 The campaign highlights fixes the bank has made, as well as its more than 165-year-old history, including its role transporting gold across American as the nation was expanding westward. — Deon Roberts, charlotteobserver, "Wells Fargo knows customers are still frustrated. Here's what they're doing about it. | Charlotte Observer," 7 May 2018 First, Cuadrado fired a cross-cum-shot across goal which was cruelly deflected into his own net by Milan Skriniar in the 87th minute. — SI.com, "Juventus Comes Back From 2-1 Deficit to Beat 10-Man Inter," 28 Apr. 2018 Insigne then drew Donnarumma into action, after firing a shot across goal straight into the enormous frame of the prodigious 19-year-old. — SI.com, "AC Milan 0-0 Napoli: Rossoneri Survive Gli Azzurri Onslaught to Effectively End Serie A Title Race," 15 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'across.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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