(adj) broad in scope or content; ; ; ; ; - T.G.Winner, Syn.encompassing, extensive, panoptic, broad, all-embracing, blanket, all-inclusive, wide, all-encompassing, Example: across-the-board pay increases; an all-embracing definition; blanket sanctions against human-rights violators; an invention with broad applications; a panoptic study of Soviet nationality; granted him wide powers
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
prep. [ Pref. a- + cross: cf. F. en croix. See Cross, n. ] From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman. -- To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads. [ 1913 Webster ]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย