[əˈkrɒs], (Adposition)

Definitions:
- from one side to the other of (a place, area, etc.)
(e.g: I ran across the street)

- expressing position or orientation in relation to (an area or passage)
(e.g: they lived across the street from one another)


Phrases:
- across from
- across the board
- be across something

Origin:
Middle English (as an adverb meaning ‘in the form of a cross’): from Old French a croix, en croix ‘in or on a cross’, later regarded as being from a- + cross

[əˈkrɒs], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- from one side to the other of a place, area, etc.
(e.g: he had swum across)

- used to express position or orientation
(e.g: he looked across at me)

- referring to a crossword answer which reads horizontally
(e.g: 19 across)


Phrases:
- across from
- across the board
- be across something

Origin:
Middle English (as an adverb meaning ‘in the form of a cross’): from Old French a croix, en croix ‘in or on a cross’, later regarded as being from a- + cross