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cross-readings

cross-readings is the plural of cross-reading.

Meaning of cross-reading

Noun

cross-reading (plural cross-readings)

  1. The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.

Questions about cross-readings

What is cross-readings the plural of?
Cross-readings is the plural of cross-reading.

Words near cross-readings in the dictionary

  1. cross-reactions
  2. cross-reactive
  3. cross-reactivities
  4. cross-reactivity
  5. cross-reading
  6. cross-readings
  7. cross-refer
  8. cross-reference
  9. cross-referenced
  10. cross-references
  11. cross-referencing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-readings (page history and authors); cross-reading (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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