crossing

crossing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɔsɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/, (dated) /ˈkɹɔːsɪŋ/)
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɑsɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒsɪŋ, -ɔːsɪŋ
• Rhymes: -ɒsɪŋ

Noun

crossing (plural crossings)

1. An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross
2. A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
3. The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
4. A voyage across a body of water
5. (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it
6. Movement into a crossed position.
   • 1989, Stephen N. Tchudi, ‎Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English (page 270)

     For example, experts in kinesics — body language — recognize that a person sends out hundreds of nonverbal signals — eyebrow twitches, frowns, leg crossings and uncrossings — every second while he or she is speaking and listening.

7. (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
8. A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque

Derived terms

• crossing keeper
• diamond crossing
• grade crossing
• level crossing

Translations

intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross

Bulgarian: пресичане (bg) n (presičane), пресечка (bg) f (presečka) Chinese: Cantonese: 路口 (lou6 hau2) Mandarin: 路口 (zh) (lùkǒu) Dutch: kruising (nl) f Finnish: risteys (fi) French: carrefour (fr), croisement (fr) German: Kreuzung (de) f Hungarian: kereszteződés (hu)

Indonesian: persimpangan (id), persilangan (id) Italian: incrocio (it) m Japanese: 交差点 (ja) (kōsaten) (roads), 踏切 (fumikiri) (level crossing) Norwegian: kryss (no) n Polish: skrzyżowanie (pl) n Portuguese: encruzilhada (pt) f, cruzamento (pt) m Russian: перекрёсток (ru) m (perekrjóstok), пересече́ние (ru) n (peresečénije) Spanish: cruce (es) m Ukrainian: перехрестя n (perexrestja), перетин m (peretyn), перехрещення n (perexreščennja), схрещення n (sxreščennja), роздоріжжя n (rozdorižžja), перехрещування n (perexreščuvannja)

place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed

Finnish: ylikulkupaikka Hungarian: (in general): átkelőhely (hu), (for pedestrians): gyalogátkelő, gyalogos-átkelőhely (hu), kijelölt gyalogátkelőhely, (for a railroad): vasúti átjáró Irish: trasbhealach m, trasrian m, crosaire m Portuguese: cruzamento (pt) m

Russian: перее́зд (ru) m (perejézd), (river) перепра́ва (ru) f (perepráva) Spanish: cruce (es) m, (pedestrian) cruce peatonal, (watercourse) vado (es) Swedish: övergångsställe (sv) n Ukrainian: переїзд (perejizd), перехід (uk) m (perekhid)

voyage across a body of water

Bulgarian: пресичане (bg) n (presičane) Dutch: oversteek (nl) m Finnish: ylittäminen (fi), ylitys (fi) French: traversée (fr) German: Überfahrt (de) f Hungarian: átkelés (hu) Italian: traversata (it) f Maori: whitianga

Norman: travèrsée f Norwegian: Bokmål: overfart m Nynorsk: overfart m Portuguese: singradura f Russian: перепра́ва (ru) f (perepráva) Ukrainian: переправа f (perepráva)

volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church

Czech: křížení n Hungarian: négyezet (hu)

Ukrainian: хрест m (khrest), перехрещення n (perekhreshennia)

graph theory

Italian: incrocio (it) m

Adjective

crossing (not comparable)

1. (rare) Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

Verb

crossing

1. present participle of cross

References

• “crossing” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Anagrams

• scorings, scorsing