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accross

accross is the misspelling of across.

Meaning of across

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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Questions about accross

What is accross the misspelling of?
Accross is the misspelling of across.

Words near accross in the dictionary

  1. accroaching
  2. accroachment
  3. accroachments
  4. accrobranching
  5. accroides
  6. accross
  7. accruable
  8. accrual
  9. accrual basis
  10. accrual bond
  11. accrual bonds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accross (page history and authors); across (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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