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cross-party

cross-party adjective: of or pertaining to two or more political parties.

Adjective

cross-party (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to two or more political parties.
    • There is cross-party support for the principle of re-establishing the full line from Edinburgh to Carlisle via Hawick.2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 42
    • "On behalf of the government and the people of Taiwan, I want to sincerely thank Congressman Frank Lucas, Democrat Vicente Gonzalez, and all the members of Congress who supported this bill," Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung wrote in a statement posted to social media. "This achievement once...2026 February 11, Micah McCartney, quoting Lin Chia-lung, “Congress Threatens China With Global Isolation If It Attacks Taiwan”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2026, World

Origin of cross-party

From cross- + party.

Questions about cross-party

What does cross-party mean?
Cross-party means of or pertaining to two or more political parties.
What part of speech is cross-party?
Cross-party is an adjective.

Words near cross-party in the dictionary

  1. cross-national
  2. cross-origin
  3. cross-over
  4. cross-overs
  5. cross-ownership
  6. cross-party
  7. cross-passage
  8. cross-passages
  9. cross-patch
  10. cross-patches
  11. cross-phrasing

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