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Meaning of cross- | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.
  2. Perpendicular in angle; transverse.
  3. Moving from one side to the other; across.
  4. Moving from one track or state to another.
  5. On the opposite side of.
  6. Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary.
  7. Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure.
  8. More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.
  9. Involving two or more at the same time; coincident.
  10. Comparing two sources of information, often to verify their contents.
  11. To combine two entities to create a hybrid.
  12. Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality.
  13. One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other.
  14. Alternate, different.

Equivalents

Suomi laitainen läpi poikki- seka-
Gaeilge tras-
Українська перехресний

Examples

“e.g. crossbody, crossbuck, cross-stitch”
“e.g. crossbedding, crossband, crossmember”
“. See visuals for difference between crossband and crossbuck.”
“e.g. crossfield, cross-city. When used for a rectangular space, this movement is typically diagonal, such as in crossbelt and crosscourt.”
“e.g. crossfeed as the process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording, crossfader, cross-link”
“e.g. crosstown, cross-cousin, cross-ratio”
“e.g. crossflow, cross-beat, cross-vote”
“e.g. cross-passage, cross-tunnel, crossfire”
“e.g. crosslingual, cross-browser, crossfunctional, cross-cultural”
“e.g. crossbreak, crosspost, crosscurrent”
“The room was a cross-mixture of voices. "Come in Kelly 4.[…]" "Come in Stanhope.[…]" "Evans 9. Confirm.[…]"”
“e.g. crossdate, crossvalidated, crosscovariance”
“e.g. crossbreed, cross-pollinate, crosslinear”
“e.g. crosstalk, crossrepression, crosscalibration, cross-progress”
“e.g. crossregulation, crossfeed, crossprotection”
“To crossfeed as to supply one fuel tank of an aircraft with fuel from another. To crossregulate is when one metabolic pathway is regulated by the enzymes in another pathway. These are one-way influences, whereas the previous sense of mutuality has symmetric two-way influences; e.g. crossrepression is mutual repression of interacting systems.”
“e.g. cross-tune, cross-birth, cross-live”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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