cross-

See also cross

English

Prefix

cross-

1. Indicating an exchange or switch.
2. Indicating a direction (across).
   • 1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 14:

     The room was a cross-mixture of voices.

     "Come in Kelly 4. […] "

     "Come in Stanhope. […] "

     "Evans 9. Confirm. […] "

3. Indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate (as in crossclass, crosslinguistic, cross-platform).

Derived terms

• crossbody
• cross-train

Translations

indicating an exchange or switch

• Scottish Gaelic: tair- (gd)

indicating a direction (across)

• Scottish Gaelic: tair- (gd)