Definitions
How to pronounce across:
Across - as an adverb
To the opposite side
Example: "The football field was 300 feet across"
Transversely
Example: "The marble slabs were cut across"
Across - as a noun
(crosswords, often in combination) a word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
Example: "I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down."
Across - as a preposition
To, toward or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
Example: "Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river."
On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
Example: "That store is across the street."
Across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
Example: "Could you slide that across the table to me, please?"
At or near the far end of (a space).
Spanning.
Example: "This poetry speaks across the centuries."
Throughout.
Example: "All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives."
So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
Example: "Lay the top stick across the bottom one."
In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
ACROSS has a SCRABBLE points total of 8.
ACROSS has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 9.
ACROSS has a WORDFEUD points total of 9.
