across

The word “across” is often used as a preposition for location. The word “from” is often used with “across.” Sometimes, “across is used as an adverb. 

 

  • There’s a flower shop across the street. (preposition) 
  • Across from the flower shop, there’s a restaurant. (preposition)
  • How can we get our message across? (adverb)

across = opposite

  • Traffic lights allow pedestrians to walk across the street safely. 
  • I need to get across the street. 
  • She’ walking across the street. 
  • There’s a library across the street. 
  • Don’t go across the street here!  There’s too much traffic.  
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  • To get across the street, he uses a crosswalk. 
  • He made it across safely. (In this sentence, “across” is functioning as an adverb for the verb “make.”) 

across from = opposite

  • The post office is across the street from the library. 
  •  Across from the library is the post office. 
  • Across the Mississippi River from Minnesota is Wisconsin. 
  • Across the English Channel from England is France. 
  • The two countries are across from each other. 
  • Sue and Edwina live across from each other in the apartment building. 
  • Living across from us is a very nice couple from Ghana. They live across the street from us. 
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  • Sitting across from Bill is Joe. 
  • They are sitting across from each other. 

across = in many places

  • There are new rules for all employees across the company. 
  • Police scattered across the state are looking for an escaped convict. 
  • Temperatures across the world continue to break records. 
  • Climate change is having effects across the planet. 
  • Across the country, people are concerned about the fate of democracy. 
  • Students across the campus are protesting. 
  • Covid spread across the county very quickly. (A county is an organization of towns and cities within a region. It functions as a single political unit.) 
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  • The Statue of Liberty is recognized across the world as a symbol of freedom and democracy. 

across = communicate

  • We are trying to get our message across. (In this sentence, “across” is an adverb for the verb “get.”)
  • We want to get across to the voters our message. 
  • He’s trying to get something across to you. 
  • I need to get this across to you. 
  • He has a hard time getting his ideas across to the teacher. 

Notice that the verb “get” is usually used with “across” in these examples. 

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  • They’re trying to get their message across by marching in the street. 
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