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• present participle of cross.

crossing

American  

[kraw-sing, kros-ing] / ˈkrɔ sɪŋ, ˈkrɒs ɪŋ /

noun

• crossings
  plural

1. the act of a person or thing that crosses.

2. a place where lines, streets, tracks, etc., cross each other.

3. a place at which a road, railroad track, river, etc., may be crossed.

4. hybridization; crossbreeding.

5. the act of opposing or thwarting; frustration; contradiction.

6. the intersection of nave and transept in a cruciform church.

7. Railroads. a track structure composed of four connected frogs, permitting two tracks to cross each other at grade with sufficient clearance for wheel flanges.

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crossing British  

/ ˈkrɒsɪŋ /

noun

1. the place where one thing crosses another

2. a place, often shown by markings, lights, or poles, where a street, railway, etc, may be crossed

3. the intersection of the nave and transept in a church

4. the act or instance of travelling across something, esp the sea

5. the act or process of crossbreeding

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• subcrossing
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• crossings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of crossing

1375–1425; late Middle English. See cross, -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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crossing crossings

After Nazi bombs destroyed the stairwell in the Shulevitzes’ apartment building in Warsaw, the only way to reach the ground floor was by crossing boards placed across collapsed parts of the staircase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"The new crossing will make such shipments much easier and more efficient," he said, calling it a "groundbreaking development" that will will triple of quadruple cargo traffic.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

In the last week of September, 31 ships a day made the crossing, compared with 138 before the war.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

But he did not stay there long, crossing into Uganda later that day.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Singing, we leave Toledo, crossing the bridge across the Río Tajo, then going past the vineyards and olive groves, and take to the road, not knowing what dangers might await us.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

The Revolutionary Guard have claimed the vessels ran into mines after conducting what they said were illegal crossings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

However, given the uncertain terrain, such crossings may not always be intentional, Bosack said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The city was developing alternative pontoon crossings to help ease the gridlock, the mayor added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Signum one has four variables: Brent crude oil, the 10-year yield, the number of Hormuz crossings and the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Dimly, as if through a veil, geneticists were beginning to visualize patterns and themes: threads, strings, maps, crossings, broken and unbroken lines, chromosomes that carried information in a coded and compressed form.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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