Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - across
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Across
across
~1 S1 W1 prep 1 going, looking etc from one side of a space, area, or line to the other side (flying across the Atlantic | We gazed across the valley. | Would you like me to help you across the road? (=help you to cross it)) 2 reaching or spreading from one side of an area to the other (a deep crack across the ceiling | the only bridge across the river | Slowly a smile spread across her face. | Do you think this shirt is too tight across the shoulders?) right ~ (The damn fool has parked right across the entrance to the drive way.) 3 on or towards the opposite side of something (My best friend lives across the road. | Jim yelled across the street to his son.) just ~ (He knew that just across the border lay freedom.) ~ sth from (Across the street from where we're standing, you can see the old churchyard.) 4 in every part of a country, organization etc (a TV series that became popular across five continents) right ~ (Teachers are expected to teach a range of subjects right across the curriculum.) ~2 adv S1 W3 1 from one side of something to the other (There isn't a bridge. We'll have to swim across. | We'd got halfway across before Philip realized he'd left his money at home.) 2 if you go, look, shout etc ~ to someone, you go, look or shout across an area to the place where they are (There's Brendan. Why don't you go across and say hello? | I'm just taking this food across to Sarah. Won't be long.) ~ to/at (The referee looked across at his linesman before awarding the penalty.) 3 10 feet/10 miles etc ~ if something is 10 feet etc ~, that is how wide it is (At its widest point the river is 2 km across.) 4 ~ from opposite something or someone (a woman sitting across from me on the train)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown below, 'across' is used in phrasal verbs such as ‘come across’, ‘get across’, and ‘put across’. 1. If someone or something goes across a place or a boundary, they go from one side of it to the other. She walked across the floor and lay down on the bed... He watched Karl run across the street to Tommy. ...an expedition across Africa. PREP • Across is also an adverb. Richard stood up and walked across to the window. ADV: ADV after v 2. If something is situated or stretched across something else, it is situated or stretched from one side of it to the other. ...the floating bridge across Lake Washington in Seattle... He scrawled his name across the bill... PREP • Across is also an adverb. Trim toenails straight across using nail clippers. ADV: ADV after v 3. If something is lying across an object or place, it is resting on it and partly covering it. She found her clothes lying across the chair... The wind pushed his hair across his face. = over PREP 4. Something that is across something such as a street, river, or area is on the other side of it. Anyone from the houses across the road could see him... When I saw you across the room I knew I’d met you before. PREP • Across is also an adverb. They parked across from the Castro Theatre... ADV: ADV after v, usu ADV from n 5. If you look across at a place, person, or thing, you look towards them. He glanced across at his sleeping wife... ...breathtaking views across to the hills. ADV: ADV after v, oft ADV prep 6. You use across to say that a particular expression is shown on someone’s face. An enormous grin spread across his face... = over PREP 7. If someone hits you across the face or head, they hit you on that part. Graham hit him across the face with the gun. PREP 8. When something happens across a place or organization, it happens equally everywhere within it. The film...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adverb Etymology: Middle English acros, from Anglo-French an crois, from an in (from Latin in) + crois cross, from Latin crux Date: 14th century 1. in a position reaching from one side to the other ; crosswise 2. to or on the opposite side 3. so as to be understandable, acceptable, or successful get an argument ~ II. preposition Date: 1591 1. a. from one side to the opposite side of ; over, through swam ~ the river b. on the opposite side of lives ~ the street from us 2. so as to intersect or pass through at an angle sawed ~ the grain of the wood 3. so as to find or meet came ~ your football in the hall closet 4. a. throughout obvious interest ~ the nation — Robert Goralski b. so as to include or take into consideration all classes or categories ~ differences, they insist, there can be no rational dialogue — Huston Smith III. adjective Date: 1621 being in a crossed position ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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prep. & adv. --prep. 1 to or on the other side of (walked across the road; lives across the river). 2 from one side to another side of (the cover stretched across the opening; a bridge across the river). 3 at or forming an angle (esp. a right angle) with (deep cuts across his legs). --adv. 1 to or on the other side (ran across; shall soon be across). 2 from one side to another (a blanket stretched across). 3 forming a cross (with cuts across). 4 (of a crossword clue or answer) read horizontally (cannot do nine across). Phrases and idioms across the board general; generally; applying to all. Etymology: ME f. OF a croix, en croix, later regarded as f. A(2) + CROSS ACROSTIC n. 1 a poem or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words. 2 a word-puzzle constructed in this way. Phrases and idioms double acrostic one using the first and last letters of each line. single acrostic one using the first letter only. triple acrostic one using the first, middle, and last letters. Etymology: F acrostiche or Gk akrostikhis f. akron end + stikhos row, line of verse, assim. to -IC ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. поперек, в ширину; от края до края a line drawn across —- линия, проведенная поперек the lake is more than a mile across —- озеро имеет больше мили в ширину 2. по горизонтали (в кроссвордах) 3. на ту сторону when did he come across? —- когда он переправится? I helped the blind man across —- я помог слепому перейти улицу 4. по ту сторону; на той стороне by this time he is across —- теперь он уже там 5. (from) напротив they live just across from us —- они живут прямо напротив нас 6. крест-накрест with arms across —- скрестив руки 7. эл. параллельно 8. в пространственном значении указывает на пересечение чего-л.: через a bridge across the river —- мост через реку to run across the road —- перебежать дорогу to swim across a river —- переплыть реку to go across the Channel —- пересечь Ла-Манш to step across the threshold —- переступить порог 9. в пространственном значении указывает на движение в любом направлении, кроме движения вдоль: по the clouds scudded across the sky —- облака стремительно неслись по небу to pass one's hand across one's forehead —- провести рукой по лбу to slap smb. across the face —- ударить кого-л. по лицу 10. в пространственном значении указывает на положение предмета поперек чего-л., под углом к чему-л.: поперек to lie across the bed —- лежать поперек кровати a coat thrown across a bench —- пальто, переброшенное через...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adv. 1) поперек; в ширину line drawn across - линия, проведённая поперёк 2) на ту сторону; на той стороне to put across - перевозить (на лодке, пароме) 3) крест-накрест with arms across - скрестив руки 4) tech. (включено) параллельно 2. prep. 1) сквозь, через to run across the street - перебежать улицу across country - напрямик; по пересеченной местности across lots amer. - напрямик 2) поперек a tree lay across the road - поперек дороги лежало дерево 3) местонахождение по другую сторону чего-л., через; по ту сторону или на той стороне there is a forest across the river - по ту сторону реки есть лес to put it across smb. - а) наказывать кого-л.; б) сводить счеты с кем-л.; в) вводить в заблуждение ACROSS lots напрямик, кратчайшим путем; ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. an cros "in a crossed position," lit. "on cross." Prepositional meaning "from one side to another" is first recorded 1591; meaning "on the other side (as a result of crossing)" is from 1750. Phrase across the board originally from horse-racing, in reference to a bet of the same amount of money on a horse to win, place, or show. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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