Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Moving or directed across open country rather than following tracks, roads, or runs.
- adjective From one side of a country to the opposite side.
- noun A cross-country sport, especially running, skiing, or driving.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lying or directed across fields or open country; not confined to roads or fixed lines: as, a cross-country hunt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective from one side of a country to the other.
- adjective moving across open country rather than following tracks or roads. Opposite of
road . - noun a race over a course including countryside, rather than over roads or prepared paths.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
cross country .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb across the countryside
- adverb not following tracks or roads
- noun a long race run over open country
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Examples
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I had followed the issue closely and would have the cross-country plane ride to prepare for the argument.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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A man travelling on a cross-country bus trip was struck by the spactacle of a fellow traveler tearing a magazine into small pieces and scattering them from the window.
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Any one of your seven cross-country drives — or the year I moved seven times?
The natural beauty of desolate West Texas surrounding Marfa. | clusterflock 2009
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We have "evidence that cross-country IQ tests are useful — perhaps crucial — predictors of the average productivity of workers from different countries."
Why Do the Poor Commit More Crime?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY: Family abandons beloved pets, forcing them to engage in a dangerous cross-country journey.
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Saturday's march leading to the Capitol stretched for blocks on the final day of the Tea Party Express 'cross-country bus tour, which began August 28 in Sacramento, California.
Obama adviser: Protesters wrong about health-care reform 2009
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EarthRights International recently released a new report documenting land confiscation, forced labor, torture, and other abuses connected to multi-billion dollar cross-country oil and gas pipelines currently under construction from military-ruled Burma to China.
Matthew Smith: Publicity, New Media, and Human Rights in Burma Matthew Smith 2011
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On Friday, the "Tea Party Express" group will travel cross-country on a bus tour starting in Sacramento, California and winding down in Washington, D.C. on September 12.
'Tea Party Express' trucks on with tour aimed at health care 2009
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EarthRights International recently released a new report documenting land confiscation, forced labor, torture, and other abuses connected to multi-billion dollar cross-country oil and gas pipelines currently under construction from military-ruled Burma to China.
Matthew Smith: Publicity, New Media, and Human Rights in Burma Matthew Smith 2011
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The caravan of tour buses, RVs, cargo trucks and SUVs kicked off a cross-country tour Friday in Sacramento, California, and plans on holding events in 33 cities en route to Washington, D.C. for what organizers hope will be a big rally on September 12.
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