across

/əˈkrɒs/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈkrɒs/

əˈkrɒs

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ə - ˈkrɒs -> across

Full entry

across /ǝ'krɒs; US ǝ'krↄ:s / adv part

၁။ တစ်ဖက်မှ တစ်ဖက်သို့။ လှမ်း၍။ ကူး၍။ Can you swim across? ❍ She called across to the child to wait for her. ❍ Come across to my office this afternoon. ❍ I helped the blind man across.
၂။ ထိုမှာဘက်တွင်။ We leave Dover at ten and we should be across in France by midnight.
၃။ ဤမှာဘက်မှ ထိုမှာဘက်သို့ အကျယ်အားဖြင့်။ The river is half a mile across (ie wide).
၄။ လှမ်း၍။ He leaned/reached across and picked up the bottle.
၅။ (စကားလုံး ပဟေဠိတွင်) အလျားလိုက်။ Can you do 5 across? Compare DOWN adv part ၃
prep
၁။ ဖြတ်၍။ ဖြတ်သန်း၍။ walk across the street ❍ row sb across a lake ❍ A shadow passed across his face.
၂။ မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်မှ။ မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်တွင်။ He shouted to me from across the room. ❍ My house is just across the street.
၃။ ကန့်လန့်ဖြတ်လျက်။ ဖြတ်၍။ a bridge across the river ❍ curtains across a window ❍ Draw a line across the page.
၄။ ကန့်လန့်ယှက်လျက်။ He sat with his arms across his chest.
၅။ အနှံ့။ တစ်လျှောက်။ an interview broadcast across Europe ❍ Her family is scattered across the country.
၆။ အသီးသီး၌။ a view held across all sections of the community.
❏ across from prep (esp US ) မျက်နှာချင်းဆိုင်တွင်။ Just across from our house there is a school.

More examples

Over 70 airlines fly across the Atlantic between Europe and North America.
Barbara stared across the room at her husband.
The children ran straight across in front of our car.
Max’s body lay across the doorway where he had fallen.
There are four bridges across the River Danube.
He stood in silence with his arms folded across his chest.
[one mile/two metres etc across] : The channel is less than half a mile across in some places.
There’s a bus stop just across the road.
They had opened a new factory across the border in Mexico.
[across from] : I’m staying at a little hotel just across from the Libyan Embassy.
An insurance company that has over 120 offices across Europe
[right across] : There are 20 million landmines scattered right across the region.
Julia felt a burning pain across her forehead.
He struck me a blow across the shoulders.
There is a danger of the conflict spreading across the whole of Central Africa.
A broad smile spread across the old man’s face.
We need to test students’ ability across a wide range of subjects.
The figures show that across the economy as a whole there has been steady growth.

Antonyms

endlong, fore and aft, from end to end, from head to foot, from stern to stern, from top to bottom, lengthwise, long way, the long way