Across (preposition or adverb)

What is "across"? 

1. Across as a preposition of place

As a preposition of place, across means "on the other side of" or "to the other side of".

Example: 

Across = "from one side to the other".

Example: A cat ran across the room. It's afraid of dog and jumped out of the window.

2. Adverb

As an adverb it has the same meaning as preposition. 

Example: There's no bridge across the river, he must swim across. 

Note: Across is also part of some phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs. Example: come across ; put (something) across, etc.,. See Prepositional Adverb for more details.

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