across the country
236
1.8
- idiom
:
en todo el país
- We've got evidence of corruption all across the country in countless districts.
- schools across the country
- colleges across the country
- districts across the country
We are seeing lawsuits pop up across the country from D transitioners.
- We are seeing lawsuits pop up across the country from D transitioners.
- We've seen it on campuses right across the country and it's frightening.
- And we still find it all across the country when we go into factory farms.
- So across the country homicides are going up.
- They support anti trans laws across the country.
- Many of them, they live all across the country, right?
- I just did a training showing that inventory all across the country has been dropping dramatically.
- I mean, this is like, this is a problem all across the country.
- And it worked and we started doing deals all across the country.
- Now let's look and look at what's happening across the country in your region.
Examples
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High school, college students from across the country have worked hard all year... and it all comes down to this.
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Millions of young girls across the country dream about what you've done today.
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This is a common sense measure that every state across the country should be using.
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Now, like one in four across the country, they fear losing their home.
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So we're going to spend the day today with people across the country walking around without shoes.
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It's conducted all across the country.
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The scheme is now being rolled out across the country, it added.
Academic text (2015) -
The final sample included 18 participants from 16 community colleges across the country.
Academic text (2012) -
Across the country, 1 in every 2 Bosnians was forced to flee their homes.
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Communities across the country are coming together to support each other during tough times.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
In every part of a place or during the whole time
265
3.0
Happening across the whole country
164
2.1
In many different places across the country
160
3.0
Across the whole country
46
2.6
All over the country
2
3.5
Happening across the whole country
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
across + the + country
The meaning is directly compositional: 'across' conveys movement from one side to the other and 'country' names the geographical area, with 'the' as a definite article that does not alter semantics. This straightforward spatial composition is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Across the country makes you imagine something moving over the whole map, reaching every town and city as it goes, with across showing the travel and the country meaning the whole nation. That's why it means 'throughout the whole country'.