I. əˈkrȯs also -äs adverb
Etymology: Middle English acrois, acros, from Anglo-French an crois, from an in, on (from Latin in ) + crois cross, from Latin crux — more at in , cross
1. : so as to cross transversely : crosswise
boards sawed directly across
2. : to or on the opposite side
a stretch of islandless ocean fully 500 miles across — F.C.Lincoln
3. : so as to be understandable, acceptable, or successful : over
a highly individual style which comes across even in translation — K.I.Lansner
failed to get his thoughts across
the carefully studied and rehearsed technique for putting himself across — T.C.Worsley
4. dialect England : at odds
to get across with his friends
II. preposition
1.
a. : from one side to the opposite side of : over
to swim across the channel
to peer across the barricade
to sweep her fingers across the strings of a harp
b. : from one point in time to another
I can remember, across the years — W.A.White
2.
a. : so as to intersect or pass at an angle (as a right angle) to : crosswise of : at an angle with the length, direction, or course of
to lay one stick across another
across the grain of the wood
a lake lying across the state line
b. : so as to intrude upon
to flash across his mind
3. : on the other side of
across the street
III. adjective
: crossed
with arms across
IV. preposition
1. : so as to find or meet
stumbled across my old yearbook in the hall closet
2.
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