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across  

EN[əˈkɹɒs]
US
Fde l'autre côté
  • NomPLacrossesPREacro-
    1. (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs horizontally in the grid.
      1. I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.
  • Adverbe
    1. From one side to the other.
      1. [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
    2. On the other side.
      1. If we sail off at noon, when will we be across? ‎
    3. In a particular direction.
      1. He leaned across for a book. ‎
    4. (crosswords) Horizontally.
      1. I got stuck on 4 across. ‎
  • Préposition
    1. To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
      1. We rowed across the river. ‎
      2. Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river. ‎
      3. He came across the street to meet me. ‎
    2. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
      1. That store is across the street. ‎
    3. (Southern US, African American Vernacular)  On the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
      1. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
        1. The meteor streaked across the sky. ‎
        2. He walked across the room. ‎
        3. Could you slide that across the table to me, please? ‎
      2. At or near the far end of (a space).
        1. Spanning.
          1. This poetry speaks across the centuries. ‎
        2. Throughout.
          1. All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives. ‎
        3. So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
          1. Lay the top stick across the bottom one. ‎
          2. She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet. ‎
      3. Plus d'exemples
        1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
          • Walking in the meadow he is coming across a rare flower.
          • The plan is to extend it across the country by mid-2016 and to include hyperlocals.
          • All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
        2. Utilisé au début de la phrase
          • Across from it is “Danaë,” in which a giant blackened depetaled sunflower emerges from a pile of lead books.
          • Across the West, crops rotted for the second summer in a row this year because of a weekslong shutdown of visa processing for seasonal farm workers caused by State Department computer problems.
        3. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
          • Bridge the digital divide. Let the poor get across.
          • Better organized writing helps to get the point across.

      Meaning of across for the defined word.

      Grammaticalement, ce mot "across" est un adverbe, plus spécifiquement, un adverbes incomparable. C'est aussi un nom, plus spécifiquement, un noms dénombrable. C'est aussi un préposition.
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            Liens Connexes:
            1. en acrosst
            2. en acrosses
            3. en acrosswise
            4. en across from
            5. en across the line
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