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Cross-country is the sport of running, riding, or skiing across open countryside rather than along roads or around a running track.
She finished third in the world cross-country championships in Antwerp.
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A cross-country journey involves less important roads or railway lines, or takes you from one side of a country to the other.
...cross-country rail services...
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Cross-country is also an adverb.
I drove cross-country in his van.
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