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crossing
9 ENTRIES FOUND:
crossing
(noun)
crossing guard
(noun)
level crossing
(noun)
pedestrian crossing
(noun)
pelican crossing
(noun)
railroad crossing
(noun)
zebra crossing
(noun)
cross
(verb)
double–cross
(verb)
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crossing
/
ˈ
krɑːsɪŋ/
noun
plural
crossings
crossing
/
ˈ
krɑːsɪŋ/
noun
plural
crossings
Learner's definition of CROSSING
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]
1
:
a place where two things (such as a street and a railroad track) cross each other
Stop at the railroad
crossing
.
Federal agents questioned us at the border
crossing
. [=the place where people go across the border between two countries]
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2
:
a place where you can cross a street, stream, etc.
a
crossing
for ferry boats
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—
see
picture
at
street
;
see also
pedestrian crossing
,
pelican crossing
,
zebra crossing
3
a
:
the act of going across something
the
crossing
of a mountain range
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b
:
a voyage across water
a weeklong
crossing
of the Atlantic Ocean
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