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How to pronounce “across”
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Pronunciation guide for across
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of across with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Origins - How The Earth Made Us
were literally just rocks strewn across the East African floor
- Definition summary
- To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce across
Origins - How The Earth Made Us

were literally just rocks strewn across the East African floor
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “across”
Meaning
- [Preposition]
- To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
- On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
- (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) 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).
- At or near the far end of (a space).
- Spanning.
- Throughout.
- So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
- In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
- [Adverb]
- From one side to the other.
- On the other side.
- In a particular direction.
- (crosswording) Horizontally.
- [Noun]
- (crosswording, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
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