āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cat darted across before the car could pass.
āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
1.1
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§, āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§
used with measurements to show the extent from one side to the other
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The painting measures six feet across.
āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢā§āĻāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The logs were laid across to form a barrier.
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03
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§
used to refer to a crossword clue that reads horizontally
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He solved 9 across quickly.
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04
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§, āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§
in a way that makes something understood, learned, or successful
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The teacher put the concept across very clearly.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The cat leaped across the fence and entered the neighbor's yard.
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1.1
āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§
on the opposite side of a given area or location
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She waved at her friend from across the room.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
used to describe something crossing over or passing through at an angle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The river cut across the valley, forming a natural boundary.
āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
in all parts of a place, group, or area
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
These traditions are followed across different regions.
āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
04
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§, āĻāĻĒāĻ°
used to indicate encountering or coming into contact with something or someone, often by chance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She came across a new book on the shelf she had n't noticed before.
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05
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§
during a period of time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The project will unfold across several months.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
across
01
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ
positioned or arranged crosswise
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We admired the across design of the tiled floor.
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
