What is the difference between across and cross?
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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, AAVE) On the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
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* 1995 , (Ronald Kessler), Inside the White House , 1996 edition, ISBN 0671879197, page 243 [http://books.google.com/books?id=lJz-yIZNE2sC&pg=PA243&dq=across]:
From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
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At or near the far end of (a space).
* 2004 , (Josephine Cox), Lovers and Liars , ISBN 0060525479, page 78 [http://books.google.com/books?id=MSZf-siTBGUC&pg=PA78&dq=across]:
Spanning.
Throughout.
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* 2010 , (Alex Bledsoe), The Girls with Games of Blood , , ISBN 9780765323842, page 147 [http://books.google.com/books?id=3O878YujdCEC&pg=PA147&dq=across]:
From one side to the other.
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In a particular direction.
(crosswords) Horizontally.
(crosswords) A clue whose solution runs horizontally in the grid.
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
(heraldiccharge) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
(usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
A hand gesture made by Catholics in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
* Sir Walter Scott
* Cowper
(Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
(figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross ) A difficult situation that must be endured.
* Ben Jonson
The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
(by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
* Lord Dufferin
(boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
(football) A pass in which the ball travels from by one touchline across the pitch.
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A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross ).
A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross )
(obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
A line drawn across or through another line.
(surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
(Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
Transverse; lying across the main direction.
* Isaac Newton
(archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
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* Jeremy Taylor
* Glanvill
* South
* Dryden
Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
* Jeremy Taylor
Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
(archaic) across
* L'Estrange
cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
To make or form a .
# To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
# To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
# To mark with an X.
# To write lines at right angles.(w)
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#*:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
# To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
To move relatively.
# (label) To go from one side of (something) to the other.
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, title= # (label) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
# (label) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
#* (James David Forbes) (1809-1868)
# (label) Relative movement by a player or of players.
## Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
## (label) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
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## (label) To score a try.
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, title= (label) To oppose.
# (label) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
# To interfere and cut off; to debar.
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
# (label) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
(label) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
To stamp or mark a cheque in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
Cross is a related term of across.
As prepositions the difference between across and cross
is that across is to, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest) while cross is across.As nouns the difference between across and cross
is that across is a clue whose solution runs horizontally in the grid while cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.As an adverb across
is from one side to the other.As an adjective cross is
transverse; lying across the main direction.As a verb cross is
to make or form a cross.As a proper noun Cross is
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English
Preposition
(English prepositions)- 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.
- On another occasion, Clinton asked to drive him to Chelsea's school, Booker Elementary, where Clinton met the department store clerk and climbed into her car.
- "I parked across the entrance and stood outside the car looking around, about 120 feet from where they were parked in a lot that was pretty well lit," Patterson recalled. "They stayed in the car for thirty to forty minutes."
- "Mam's baking and Cathleen's asleep. I've got a pile of washing bubbling in the copper, so I'd best be off." With that she was across the room and out the door.
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- He parked across the end of the driveway, blocking her in.
Derived terms
* across-the-board * come across * get across * put across * put one across * run acrossAdverb
(-)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=[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, […].}}
Noun
(es)- I solved all of the acrosses , but then got stuck on 3 down.
Statistics
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English
Noun
(es)- Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
- Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross .
- She made the cross after swearing.
- Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray.
- 'Tis where the cross is preached.
- She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
- It's a cross I must bear.
- Heaven prepares a good man with crosses .
- A quick cross of the road.
- Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler
citation, page= , passage=And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside. }}
- I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse.
Synonyms
* (production of cross-breeding or -fertilization) hybrid * (cross on which Christ was crucified) True CrossDerived terms
* Celtic cross * crossroads * cross-stitch * double cross * fiery cross * Latin cross * left cross * Maltese cross * Saint Andrew's cross * * True Cross * right crossAdjective
(er)- At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
- the cross refraction of the second prism
- His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
- As a fat body is more subject to diseases, so are rich men to absurdities and fooleries, to many casualties and cross inconveniences.
- a cross fortune
- the cross and unlucky issue of my design
- The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvellously cross to the common experience of mankind.
- We are both love's captives, but with fates so cross , / One must be happy by the other's loss.
- She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.
- Please don't get cross''' at me.'' (or) ''Please don't get '''cross with me.
- He had received a cross answer from his mistress.
- cross interrogatories
- cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other
Synonyms
* (opposite to) contrarily, opposed, reverse, antipodal * (mildly angry) angry, annoyed, irritatedDerived terms
* cross cut * cross-examine * crossly * cross-multiplication * crosspatch * cross purposes * cross-section * cross-wisePreposition
(English prepositions)- She walked cross the mountains.
- A fox was taking a walk one night cross a village.
- The Lorentz force is q times v cross B.
Verb
(es)England 1-0 Ukraine, passage=Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved.}}
- Your kind letter crossed mine.
England 59-13 Italy, passage=England cut loose at the end of the half, Ashton, Mark Cueto and Mike Tindall all crossing before the break. }}
- to cross me from the golden time I look for