across

Meanings

• Preposition, Adverb

  Moving or passing from one side to the other; reaching the opposite side.

  - "The ball went across the river."
  - "She walked across the street."
  - "He crossed the finish line first."

• Noun

  A way or means of achieving something.

  - "It's a long way across the desert to the next town."
  - "There are many ways across the lake."
  - "He found a new route across the mountains."

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Pronunciation

1. /əˈkɹɔs/
   
   
   
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Rhymes

Words rhyming with across
prose , pose , rose , toes

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. a cross () : A symbol of Christianity or crucifixion.
   

2. across the pond () : A term used to refer to North America from Europe.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of across that leads to same result
across , across-the-board , across country , across from , across the pond , across the street , across the way , came across , come across , comes across , coming across

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Forms

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acrosses, acrossing, acrossed

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English 'acros', from 'a' meaning 'on' + 'cross' meaning 'a crude beam or tree trunk'.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that 'across' is the longest English preposition? It has 10 letters.

2. In the game of Scrabble, the longest word that can be made using only the letters in 'across' is 'facetious'.

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Related Concepts

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1. transverse: Related to moving or passing from one side to the other, as in the term 'transverse tunnel' or 'transverse plane'.

2. crossing: The act of moving from one side to the other, as in 'crossing a bridge' or 'crossing a road'.

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Culture

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In literature, 'across' has been used extensively in various contexts. For instance, in Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', the characters cross the Mississippi River on a raft. In music, the term 'across the board' is used in horse racing and gambling to mean applying the same bet to all horses in a race.

How to Memorize "across"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a ball being hit and going from one side of a table to the other.
   - Visualize yourself walking from one side of a room to the other.
   - Picture a boat sailing from one bank of a river to the other.

2. associate
   

   - Associate 'across' with the act of moving from one side to the other.
   - Link 'across' with the idea of reaching the opposite side.
   - Connect 'across' with the concept of passing or traversing.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase such as 'A Cat Sits On A Mat' to remember the prepositions 'across', 'on', and 'a' in that order.
   - Use a visual image to help remember the meaning of 'across'.

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