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across

preposition
 
 
/əˈkrɒs/ US  /-ˈkrɑːs/

Definition

A2 on the opposite side of: The library is just across the road.Through, across, opposite and against in every part of a particular place or country: Voting took place peacefully across most of the country.Somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, or everywhere
(Definition of across preposition from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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