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Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transversely

Example:

the marble slabs were cut across

Synonyms:

across; crossways; crosswise

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

To the opposite side

Example:

the football field was 300 feet across

Classified under:

Adverbs

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 Context examples: 

Rhea (949 miles or 1,527 kilometers across) is Saturn's second largest moon after Titan.

(Regarding Rhea, NASA)

Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to uncover a vast, complex dust structure, about 150 billion miles across, enveloping the young star HR 4796A.

(Hubble Finds Huge System of Dusty Material Enveloping the Young Star HR 4796A, NASA)

Famously, species of tit learned how to pierce milk bottle lids and siphon the cream during the middle of last century – a phenomenon that spread rapidly through flocks across the UK.

(Birds learn from each other’s ‘disgust’, enabling insects to evolve bright colours, University of Cambridge)

Due to the small size of Beagle 2 (less than 7 feet, or 2 meters across for the deployed lander) it is right at the limit of detection of HiRISE, the highest-resolution camera orbiting Mars.

('Lost' 2003 Mars Lander Found by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA)

These relationships held across participant’s age, sex, diabetes status, and use of aspirin or cholesterol-lowering medications.

(Omega-3s linked with lower risk of fatal heart attacks, NIH)

The researchers analyzed a database of 515 mammal communities across the globe, collecting data on traits such as body size and diet and evolutionary relationships.

(Connecting the prehistoric past to the global future, National Science Foundation)

So tall was he that his hat actually brushed the cross bar of the doorway, and his breadth seemed to span it across from side to side.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Have a cigarette, Mr. McFarlane,” said he, pushing his case across.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then we, too, leave our dogs and go on alone across the snow.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The feature is roughly 6,800 miles across.

(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)