Meaning

11 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Cross-breeding.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Opposition; thwarting.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.

    Kreuzung

    перекрёстокperekrjóstok, пересече́ниеperesečénije

    перехре́стяperexréstja, пере́тинperétyn, перехре́щенняperexréščennja

    a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect

  4. (countable, uncountable)A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.

    Please, cross at the crossing.

    перее́здperejézd, перепра́ваperepráva, перехо́дperexód

    пере́їздperéjizd, перепра́ваperepráva, перехі́дperexíd

  5. (countable, uncountable)The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A voyage across a body of water.

    Überfahrt

    перепра́ваperepráva

    перепра́ваperepráva

    a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)

  7. (countable, uncountable)The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.

    средокре́стиеsredokréstije

    середохре́стяseredoxréstja

  8. (countable, uncountable)Movement into a crossed position.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A pair of intersecting edges.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.

Examples

303 sentences
  1. I saw him crossing the road.

    Я бачив, як він переходив вулицю.

    ruЯ видел, как он переходил через дорогу.

    deIch sah ihn die Straße überqueren.

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  2. I saw her crossing the street.

    Я бачив її коли вона переходила вулицю.

    ruЯ видел, как она переходила улицу.

    deIch sah sie die Straße überqueren.

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  3. Tom is crossing the street now.

    Том зараз переходить дорогу.

    ruТом сейчас переходит улицу.

    deTom geht gerade über die Straße.

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  4. I saw a dog crossing the street.

    Я бачив, як собака переходив дорогу.

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  5. I saw a boy crossing the street.

    Я бачив, як хлопчик переходить дорогу.

    ruЯ видел мальчика, переходившего улицу.

    deIch sah einen Jungen über die Straße gehen.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross:
place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed:
architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church:
Русский
By meaning 3
intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross:
place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed:
architecture: volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross:
voyage across a body of water:

Origin

By surface analysis, cross + -ing.

By surface analysis, cross + -ing.

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Forms

plural: crossings

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

30 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • crossing the street
  • crossing the road
  • crossing the bridge
  • was crossing the
  • careful when crossing
  • while crossing the
  • before crossing the
  • when crossing the
  • while crossing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
crossing — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto