Definition and synonyms of across from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. This is the British English definition of across.View American English definition of across. Change your default dictionary to American English. Definition of across in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of across. What does across mean? Information and translations of across in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Across definition is - from one side to the opposite side of: over, through. How to use across in a sentence. Across meaning: 1. From one side to the other of something with clear limits, such as an area of land, a road, or a. A‧cross /əˈkrɒs $ əˈkrɒːs/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb, preposition 1 from one side of something to the other the first flight across the Atlantic They ran straight across the road (=without stopping). We’ll have to swim across. We’d got halfway across before Philip realized he’d left his money at home.

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1. across(Noun)

   A clue whose solution runs horizontally in the grid.

   I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.

   Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

2. across(Adverb)

   From one side to the other.

   Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

3. across(Adverb)

   On the other side.

   If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?.

   Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

4. Pokemon diamond on phone. across(Adverb)

   In a particular direction.

   He leaned across for a book.

   Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

5. across(Adverb) Archmodels 129.

   Horizontally.

   I got stuck on 4 across.

   Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

6. across(Preposition)

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

   Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

7. across(Preposition)

   On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

   That store is across the street.

   Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

8. across(Preposition)

   On the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).

   Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

9. across(Preposition)

   From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).

   Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

10. across(Preposition)

    At or near the far end of (a space).

    Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

11. across(Preposition)

    Spanning.

    This poetry speaks across the centuries.

    Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

12. across(Preposition)

    Throughout,

    All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.

    Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

13. across(Preposition)

    So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.

    Etymology: from a-croiz, from an + croiz, from crux

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