cross

CEFRA1

/kɹɒs/

verb · noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To go from one side of something to the other.

  2. 02

    noun

    A shape made by two lines crossing.

Examples

  • As you have insulted him, he is cross with you.

  • I've put a cross on the map to show where the hotel is.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).

  2. Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Angry or annoyed.

More examples

In context

  • Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.

  • Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.

  • No cross, no crown.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English cross, cros, from Old English cros (“rood, cross”), from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux (crucī). In this sense displaced native Middle English rode, from Old English rōd (“cross”); see English rood. Doublet of crouch (“cross”) and crux. Compare Welsh croes, Irish crois. The sense of "two intersecting lines drawn or cut on a surface; two lines intersecting at right angles" without regard to religious signification develops from the late 14th century. Cognates *Icelandic kross (“cross”) *Faroese krossur (“cross”) *Norwegian Nynorsk kross, kors (“cross”) *Danish kors (“cross”) *Swedish kors (“cross”) *North Frisian kross, korss (“cross”) *Saterland Fr...