1. from one side to the other

   1. moving or looking from one side of a place, space, or line to the other

      Over 70 airlinesfly across the Atlantic between Europe and North America.

      The childrenranstraight across in front of our car.

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   2. reaching from one side of a space or surface to the other

      Max’s body lay across the doorway where he had fallen.

      He stood in silence with his armsfolded across his chest.

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   3. used for showing the width of something

      one mile/two metres etc across:

      The channel is less than half a mile across in some places.

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2. on the opposite side of a road, river, line etc

   They had opened a newfactory across the border in Mexico.

   across from:

   I’m staying at a littlehoteljust across from the Libyan Embassy.

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3. in a large part of an area or surface

   1. in many parts of an area or country

      an insurancecompany that has over 120 offices across Europe

      right across (=in every part of an area):

      There are 20 millionlandminesscatteredright across the region.

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   2. used for saying that something hits or affects a largearea of a part of your body

      He struck me a blow across the shoulders. Dusk steam workshop.

   3. used for saying that something spreads until it covers the whole of an area or surface

      There is a danger of the conflictspreading across the whole of Central Africa.

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4. used for saying that something includes or affects a whole range of people or things

   We need to teststudents’ ability across a widerange of subjects.

   The figures show that across the economy as a whole there has been steadygrowth.

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Across Synonym

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Across Synonym