See also: cross country

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From cross- +‎ country.

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cross-country (not comparable)

  1. From one side of a country to the other.
    • 1940 May, “Items of Interest: From Chippenham to Hay”, in Railway Magazine, page 319:
      There are certain parts of Great Britain in which, even in peace time, the speed of cross-country travel has made no advance for more than half-a-century.
    • 1963 February, G. M. Kichenside, “The Newport (Mon.) resignalling scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 125:
      Passenger traffic consists largely of through expresses from London, Bristol and Birmingham to South Wales via Severn Tunnel Junction, and cross-country trains from the north and Midlands via Pontypool Road. (In Britain cross-country trains connect regional centres, and avoid London.)
    • 2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 102–103:
      I made reservations for three with USAir, Manchester, New Hampshire, to Seattle, Washington. [] I negotiated with Polly's doctors to transfer her treatment cross-country.
  2. Across countryside.
  3. Relating to cross country racing.
  4. (of data or research) Across countries; international.

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cross-country (countable and uncountable, plural cross-countries or cross-countrys)

  1. Alternative form of cross country

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Etymology edit

From English cross country.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʁɔs.kœn.tʁi/
  • (file)

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cross-country m (uncountable)

  1. (sports) cross country running (sport)

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