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Adverb: across  u'krós
  1. To the opposite side
    "the football field was 300 feet across"
     
  2. Transversely
    "the marble slabs were cut across";
    - crosswise, crossways
Preposition: across  u'krós
  1. In the whole extent of; everywhere
    "climate change will be a problem across the world";
    - throughout, over, all over, all around, around, round
     
  2. On the opposite side of
    "That store is across the street"

Encyclopedia: Across