across

About 113.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   We rowed across the river.

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

   That store is across the street.

3. preposition across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
4. preposition From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).

   The meteor streaked across the sky.

5. preposition At or near the far end of (a space).
6. preposition Spanning.

   This poetry speaks across the centuries.

7. preposition Throughout.

   All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.

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

   Lay the top stick across the bottom one.

Similar words

crosswise crossways over crossed decussate intersectant intersecting behind through above

Often followed by

the a his from to her all it and