a-cross

Preposition

across

1. To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
   • We rowed across the river.
2. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
   • That store is across the street.
3. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
   • 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.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...
4. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
   • The meteor streaked across the sky.
5. At or near the far end of (a space).
   • "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.2004, Josephine Cox, Lovers and Liars, →ISBN, page 78
6. Spanning.
   • This poetry speaks across the centuries.

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