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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

See Examples For:

crossing crossings

During more than a decade of Britain’s tinkering and planning, China built the world’s highest bridge and Canada forged a river crossing to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

The ship, the Marin Mainiku, on Monday arrived at the western side of the island, part of the nation of Kiribati, after a five-day voyage crossing 830-nautical-miles through the South Pacific.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Coissac said 150 of the people on the boat that sank off Djibouti had previously been turned back from Yemen but had attempted the crossing again.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Duane knew exactly who she meant because he now remembered the incident when Major Puff prevented Handsome from crossing the river.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

“Practically, the core purpose is to mitigate any future crossings of the military demarcation line,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Kenyan authorities have urged people not to panic, with the health ministry assuring of heightened surveillance at airports and border crossings.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Forty thousand years ago, those crossings may have been achieved by bamboo rafts, low-tech but seaworthy watercraft still in use in coastal South China today.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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