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cross country

cross country noun: 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.

cross country: a running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying...
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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.

cross country meaning in Tamil and Malay

cross country in Tamil

வயல்கள் ஊடாகச் செல்கின்ற

cross country in Malay

running sport
rentas desa, rentas kampung

Synonyms of cross country

Forms of cross country

pluralcross countries
pluralcross countrys
alternative formcross-country
alternative formcrosscountry

Words formed from cross country

Questions about cross country

What does cross country mean?
Cross country means 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.
What is cross country in Tamil?
Cross country in Tamil is வயல்கள் ஊடாகச் செல்கின்ற. See Cross country meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cross country?
Cross country is a noun.
What is the plural of cross country?
The plural of cross country is cross countries.

Words near cross country in the dictionary

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

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