CROSSCURRENT

Meaning of CROSSCURRENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkrȯs-ˌkər-ənt, -ˌkə-rənt ]

noun

Date: 1598

1. : a current running counter to the general forward direction

2. : a conflicting tendency — usually used in plural

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CROSSCURRENT — noun Date: 1598 a current running counter to the general forward direction, a conflicting tendency
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CROSSCURRENT — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: cross (III) + current 1. : a current traverse to the general forward direction (as of water …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CROSSCURRENT — — crosscurrented , adj. /kraws"kerr'euhnt, -kur'-, kros"-/ , n. 1. a current, as in a stream, moving across the main …
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CROSSCURRENT — n. current running in a direction opposite that of another current
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CROSSCURRENT — [cross.cur.rent] n (1598) 1: a current running counter to the general forward direction 2: a conflicting tendency--usu. used in pl. …
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CROSSCURRENT — crosscurrent BrE AmE ˈkrɒs ˌkʌr ə nt ˈkrɔːs- AmE \ ˈkrɔːs ˌkɝː ə nt ˈkrɑːs- ▷ crosscurrent|s s
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CROSSCURRENT — Synonyms and related words : affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current, bucking, challenge, concourse, confluence, conflux, contention, contradiction, contraposition, contravention, contraversion, …
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CROSSCURRENT — n. Pronunciation: ' kro ̇ s- ˌ k ə r- ə nt, - ˌ k ə -r ə nt Function: …
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SWAG — I. ˈswag, -aa(ə)g, -aig verb ( swagged ; swagged ; swagging ; swags ) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin …
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TRISTANO, LENNIE — born March 19, 1919, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died Nov. 18, 1978, New York, N.Y. byname of Leonard Joseph Tristano American …
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CROSS-CURRENT — ( cross-currents) Note: in AM, also use 'crosscurrent' 1. A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CROSS-CURRENT — (~s) Note: in AM, also use 'crosscurrent' 1. A ~ is a current in a river or sea that flows …
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UPDRAFT — Synonyms and related words : air current, anabasis, ascension, ascent, clamber, climb, climbing, crosscurrent, current, current of air, downdraft, draft, …
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UNDERTOW — Synonyms and related words : affluence, afflux, affluxion, concourse, confluence, conflux, coral heads, course, crosscurrent, current, defluxion, downflow, downpour, drift, …
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UNDERCURRENT — Synonyms and related words : affect, affection, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current, allegory, allusion, ambiance, ambience, arcane meaning, assumption, atmosphere, …
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TREND — Synonyms and related words : Brownian movement, Zeitgeist, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, aim, angular motion, ascending, ascent, axial motion, azimuth, …
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TIDE — Synonyms and related words : affluence, afflux, affluxion, big drink, blue water, chronology, concourse, confluence, conflux, continuity, course, crosscurrent, current, …
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TAIL WIND — Synonyms and related words : CAT, aerospace, aerosphere, air current, air hole, air pocket, airspace, backing wind, beam wind, bump, …
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SURGE — Synonyms and related words : Charybdis, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, aggrandizement, amplification, anabasis, …
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STREAM — Synonyms and related words : Brownian movement, X ray, Zeitgeist, abound, abundance, actinic ray, actinism, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air …
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SPATE — Synonyms and related words : Niagara, abundance, acres, affluence, afflux, affluxion, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, army, asperse, avalanche, bags, barrels, …
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SET
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RUSH
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RUN
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RESISTANCE — Synonyms and related words : Charley, VC, Vietcong, acquired immunity, active immunity, alienation, antagonism, antibody, antigen, antipathy, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, …
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REJECTION — Synonyms and related words : Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, abnegation, agnosticism, agreement to disagree, alienation, apostasy, atheism, ban, …
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REFUSAL — Synonyms and related words : Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, abjuration, abjurement, antipathy, averseness, aversion, backwardness, ban, brush-off, bucking, …
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REBUTTAL — Synonyms and related words : answer, argument, bucking, challenge, comeback, complete answer, confounding, confutation, contention, contradiction, contraposition, contraremonstrance, contravention, contraversion, …
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RACE — Synonyms and related words : Le Mans, accelerate, adolescent stream, affiliation, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air race, animal kingdom, apparentation, aqueduct, …
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