Preposition

(English prepositions)

Near or next to.

At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.

(Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice): Through the action or presence of.

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(Indicates the creator of a work): Existing through the authorship etc. of.

(Indicates the cause of a condition or event): Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.

* 1874 , (Thomas Hardy), (Far from the Madding Crowd) , 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.109:

In other directions the fields and sky were so much of one colour by the snow that it was difficult in a hasty glance to tell whereabouts the horizon occurred.

(Indicates a means): Involving/using the means of.

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*:"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by —except steal."

(Indicates a source of light): Medium emanating from hot sources.

* 1945 , Neva L. Boyd, Handbook of Recreational Games , 1975 edition, ISBN 0486232042, p.16:

Players: Can we get there by candlelight? ¶ Gatekeepers: Yes and back again.

* 1960 , , (One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish)

By' the light of the moon, / ' by the light of a star / they walked all night

(senseid).

(Indicates the amount of some progression): With a change of.

(Indicates a referenced source): According to.

(Indicates an oath): With the authority of.

Preposition

(English prepositions)

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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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.

* 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]:

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."

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]:

"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.

Spanning.

Throughout.

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

* 2010 , (Alex Bledsoe), The Girls with Games of Blood , , ISBN 9780765323842, page 147 [http://books.google.com/books?id=3O878YujdCEC&pg=PA147&dq=across]:

He parked across the end of the driveway, blocking her in.