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cross countries

cross countries is the plural of cross country.

Meaning of cross country

Noun

cross country (countable and uncountable, plural cross countries or cross countrys)

  1. A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5- to 10-kilometre races.
    Synonyms:
    XC
  2. A phase of the equestrian sport of three day eventing, which the horse and rider travel over varied terrain and jump natural obstacles.
  3. (countable) Flight between two points or aerodromes using navigational techniques.

Questions about cross countries

What is cross countries the plural of?
Cross countries is the plural of cross country.

Words near cross countries in the dictionary

  1. cross cheque
  2. cross cheques
  3. Cross City
  4. cross compiler
  5. cross compilers
  6. cross countries
  7. cross country
  8. cross country skiing
  9. cross countrys
  10. Cross County
  11. cross cousin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross countries (page history and authors); cross country (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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