crossing

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun traveling across
  2. noun a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
  3. noun a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect

Etymology

By surface analysis, cross + -ing.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
travel
Narrower (hyponyms)
traversal, ford

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