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All across synonyms

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prep across

  • crosswise — Crosswise means diagonally across something.
  • athwart — transversely; from one side to another
  • beyond — If something is beyond a place or barrier, it is on the other side of it.
  • cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
  • opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
  • over — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
  • crossed — angry and annoyed; ill-humored; snappish: Don't be cross with me. Synonyms: petulant, fractious, irascible, waspish, crabbed, churlish, sulky, cantankerous, cranky, ill-tempered, impatient, irritable, fretful, touchy, testy. Antonyms: good-natured, good-humored; agreeable.
  • transversely — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.

preposition across

  • through — in at one end, side, or surface and out at the other: to pass through a tunnel; We drove through Denver without stopping. Sun came through the window.
  • past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
  • throughout — in or to every part of; everywhere in: They searched throughout the house.
  • within — in or into the interior or inner part; inside.
  • round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • around — To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
  • about — You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
  • amid — If something happens amid noises or events of some kind, it happens while the other things are happening.
  • amidst — Amidst means the same as amid.
  • among — Someone or something that is situated or moving among a group of things or people is surrounded by them.
  • amongst — Amongst means the same as among.

adverb across

  • crossways — crosswise.
  • diagonally — Mathematics. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.

adjective across

  • transatlantic — crossing or reaching across the Atlantic: a transatlantic liner.
  • overseas — over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad: to be sent overseas.
  • mullioned — a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
  • aslant — at a slant
  • longways — longwise.
  • transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
  • vertically — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
  • transoceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
  • contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
  • thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
  • transverse — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
  • horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
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