different between across vs beside
across
English
Alternative forms
- acrost (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English acros, acrosse, equivalent to a- +? cross. Compare also Middle English acrois, a-croiz, acreoiz, from Anglo-Norman an (“in, on”) + croiz (“in the form of a cross”). More at cross.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?-kr?s?, IPA(key): /??k??s/
- (General American) enPR: ?-krôs?, IPA(key): /??k??s/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) enPR: ?-kr?s?, IPA(key): /??k??s/
- Rhymes: -?s, -??s
- Hyphenation: across
Preposition
across
- 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).
- 1994 June 21, Thong P Tong <[email protected]>, "Re: Battle Tech Center", message-ID <[email protected]>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, Usenet [1]:
- And make sure you're parked across the mall in the outside lot. […] Last time I was there, I parked in a parking structure and paid an arm and a leg for it.
- 1995, Ronald Kessler, Inside the White House, 1996 edition, ?ISBN, page 243 [2]:
- On another occasion, Clinton asked Patterson to drive him to Chelsea's school, Booker Elementary, where Clinton met the department store clerk and climbed into her car.
- "I parked across the entrance and stood outside the car looking around, about 120 feet from where they were parked in a lot that was pretty well lit," Patterson recalled. " […] They stayed in the car for thirty to forty minutes."
- 2011, Danielle Butler, Scars of Eternity, p. 30:
- A boy that sat across me politely introduced himself as Jackson Klausner.
- 1994 June 21, Thong P Tong <[email protected]>, "Re: Battle Tech Center", message-ID <[email protected]>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, Usenet [1]:
- From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
- At or near the far end of (a space).
- 2004, Josephine Cox, Lovers and Liars, ?ISBN, page 78 [3]:
- "Mam's baking and Cathleen's asleep. I've got a pile of washing bubbling in the copper, so I'd best be off." With that she was across the room and out the door.
- 2004, Josephine Cox, Lovers and Liars, ?ISBN, page 78 [3]:
- Spanning.
- Throughout.
- So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
- 2010, Alex Bledsoe, The Girls with Games of Blood, Tor, ?ISBN, page 147 [4]:
- He parked across the end of the driveway, blocking her in.
- 2010, Alex Bledsoe, The Girls with Games of Blood, Tor, ?ISBN, page 147 [4]:
- In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
- 2019, Lenore Taylor, The Guardian, 20 September:
- As a regular news reader I thought I was across the eccentricities of the US president.
- 2019, Lenore Taylor, The Guardian, 20 September:
Derived terms
Related terms
- cross
Translations
Adverb
across (not comparable)
- From one side to the other.
- On the other side.
- In a particular direction.
- (crosswords) Horizontally.
Translations
Noun
across (plural acrosses)
- (crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
- I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.
Further reading
- across in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- across in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- across at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Oscars, ROSCAs, Rascos, caross, oscars
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beside
English
Etymology
From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be s?dan, b? s?dan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”), equivalent to be- +? side. Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??sa?d/,
- (General American) IPA(key): /bi?sa?d/, /b??sa?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Preposition
beside
- Next to; at the side of.
- Not relevant to.
- Besides; in addition to.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with besides. See w:Adverbial genitive.
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
beside (not comparable)
- Otherwise; else; besides.
See also
- para-
Anagrams
- beedis
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