cross-
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English cros-, crosse- (“relating to a cross, forming a cross, in the shape of a cross or x”), from the noun (see cross) and also from across.
Prefix[edit]
cross-
- Expressing mutuality or exchange; switch.
- across.
- 1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 14:
- The room was a cross-mixture of voices.
- "Come in Kelly 4. […] "
- "Come in Stanhope. […] "
- "Evans 9. Confirm. […] "
- 1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 14:
- Indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate (as in crossclass, crosslinguistic, cross-platform).
Synonyms[edit]
- x- (abbreviation)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
indicating a direction (across)
References[edit]
- “cross-”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.