adv.
Function: preposition
Date: 1591
1 a : from one side to the opposite side of : OVER , THROUGH <swam across the river> b : on the opposite side of <lives across the street from us>
2 : so as to intersect or pass through at an angle <sawed across the grain of the wood>
3 : so as to find or meet <came across your football in the hall closet>
4 a : THROUGHOUT <obvious interest across the nation ― Robert Goralski> b : so as to include or take into consideration all classes or categories < across differences, they insist, there can be no rational dialogue ― Huston Smith>