across

== English == === Alternative forms === acrost (nonstandard or dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English acros, from early Middle English a-croiz, a-creoyz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross. By surface analysis, a- +‎ cross. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkɹɒs/, enPR: ə-krŏs′ (General American) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /əˈkɹɔs/, enPR: ə-krôs′ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /əˈkɹɑs/, enPR: ə-krŏs′ (proscribed) IPA(key): /əˈkɹɔst/, /əˈkɹɑst/ Rhymes: -ɒs Hyphenation: a‧cross === Preposition === across To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest). On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest). (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest). 1994 June 21, Thong P Tong <tongtp@coyote.cig.mot.com>, "Re: Battle Tech Center", message-ID <2u7lsi$79n@delphinium.cig.mot.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, Usenet [1]: And make sure you're parked across the mall in the outside lot. […] Last time I was there, I parked in a parking structure and paid an arm and a leg for it. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed). At or near the far end of (a space). Spanning. Throughout. So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle. In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of. ==== Related terms ==== cross ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === across (not comparable) From one side to the other. On the other side. In a particular direction. (crosswording) Horizontally. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === across (plural acrosses) (crosswording, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue. === Derived terms === === Further reading === “across”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “across”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “across”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Oscars, ROSCAs, Rascos, caross, oscars