how to pronounce across

/əkˈɹɔːs/

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the above transcription of across is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

across is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔː

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An example use of across in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… 100 to 150 000 across those credit card …”

meaning of across

Across means on the other side of something.

across frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word across occurs in english on average 218.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics across can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that across can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;