Meaning of cross- | Babel Free
Definitions
- Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.
- Perpendicular in angle; transverse.
- Moving from one side to the other; across.
- Moving from one track or state to another.
- On the opposite side of.
- Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary.
- Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure.
- More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.
- Involving two or more at the same time; coincident.
- Comparing two sources of information, often to verify their contents.
- To combine two entities to create a hybrid.
- Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality.
- One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other.
- Alternate, different.
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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