crossing
Americannoun
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a place where lines, streets, tracks, etc., cross each other.
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a place at which a road, railroad track, river, etc., may be crossed. crossed.
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hybridization; crossbreeding.
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the act of opposing or thwarting; frustration; contradiction.
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the intersection of nave and transept in a cruciform church.
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Railroads. a track structure composed of four connected frogs, permitting two tracks to cross each other at grade with sufficient clearance for wheel flanges.
noun
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the place where one thing crosses another
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a place, often shown by markings, lights, or poles, where a street, railway, etc, may be crossed
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the intersection of the nave and transept in a church
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the act or instance of travelling across something, esp the sea
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the act or process of crossbreeding
Other Word Forms
- subcrossing noun
Etymology
Origin of crossing
Example Sentences
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In the same poll, middle-income adults who reported that they had less take-home pay spiked to 11.2%, crossing the threshold likely to trigger recessionary conditions, Leer said.
From MarketWatch
Officers were posted to Kangaroo Bridge, the crossing of the Brisbane River, to check scooterists were helmeted.
From BBC
A teenager believed to be the first person to be charged with endangering others during a sea crossing to the UK without valid entry clearance said he was "forced to do so".
From BBC
The 45-year-old is also thought to have supplied equipment used in about half of all crossings in 2023, the agency said, "making him a key figure in the European people smuggling hierarchy".
From BBC
The bridge crossing also bustled with journalists who had come from all over the world to cover the biggest international news event so far this year.
From Barron's
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