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# across

preposition, adverb (across)

«across» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Across means from one side to the other side: you walk across the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#m1)
2. Across means on the other side: the shop across the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#m2)
3. Across tells how wide something is: «2 meters across». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#m3)
4. In a crossword, «across» clues go from left to right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#m4)

### In the lessons

a distance from side to side, the width of a shape, or rows in a grid; in everyday safety, crossing roads; phrases «across from», «come across» (find by chance), «across the country», «all across»

### Examples

- The pool is 25 meters across. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x1)
- He swims across the lake twice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x2)
- There are 6 tiles across and 4 down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x3)
- The bridge goes across a river 80 feet wide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x4)
- Look both ways before you walk across the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x5)
- The bakery is across from the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x6)
- I came across an old photo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x7)
- Write the word for 5 across. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x8)
- Birds fly across the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x9)
- The circle is 10 cm across. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/#x10)

### Note

Often gives a width or a length to use; «across and down» in a grid means rows × columns. Trap: going across and back is twice the distance. A circle's «across» is its diameter. Spelled with one c and two s: «across», not «accross».

## In Jewish tradition

a distance from side to side, the width of a shape, or rows in a grid; in everyday safety, crossing roads; phrases «across from», «come across» (find by chance), «across the country», «all across»

### Examples

- Such diagrams are often arranged so that the letter א Alef is across from ל Lamed, spelling the name אֵל El, God. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/across/#x1)
- So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold; and he drew chains of gold across the wall before the Sanctuary; and he overlaid it with gold. (Prophets 1KI.6.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/across/#x2)
- And, behold, there came a great wind from across the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.' (Writings JOB.1.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/across/#x3)

### Note

Often gives a width or a length to use; «across and down» in a grid means rows × columns. Trap: going across and back is twice the distance. A circle's «across» is its diameter. Spelled with one c and two s: «across», not «accross».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «across» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/across/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«across» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/across.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «across» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/across/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«across» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/across.html) on Mova free.