crossing
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1.7
- noun
- /ˈkrɔsɪŋ/
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- The train blew its whistle and sped past a crossing over which a barrier had been lowered.
- a pedestrian crossing
- a road crossing
- a street crossing
Well, you know the Shibuya crossing, yes, Shabuya, Shabuya.
- Well, you know the Shibuya crossing, yes, Shabuya, Shabuya.
- And Russians head division met him on the other side at at a crossing called Checkpoint Charlie and.
- in I think, I think it was Hoban area crossing a very busy road.
- There's not, you know, central city, like church LV, the crossing, you know, hope all of my friends, right?
Examples
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We're in a school crossing.
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The grandfather waited with his granddaughter by the crossing, and then he said, "Go to school."
Fiction book (2002) -
So we would move from this initial crossing to this second crossing.
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There are pictures of the crossing from very different points.
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"A train hit her car at the crossing out by her folks' place."
Fiction book (1999) -
And the border crossing was just rebuilt last year.
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Oh, he would raise and lower the barrier at the crossing, for traffic.
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The cars in front slow as the railroad crossing signal suddenly activates and the bars begin to drop.
Fiction book (1993) -
All other traffic between the United States and Canada was diverted to border crossings forty-five miles away.
Academic text (2011) -
Please wait at the crossing until the pedestrian light turns green.
Synonyms
159
4.9
A low point between mountains used as a route
118
2.6
A place where two roads or streets cross
83
2.0
A place where two or more roads meet
61
3.0
A place where several roads, rivers, or train tracks meet
31
3.4
A bridge that lets one road or railway pass above another
21
1.0
A marked part of a road where people cross safely
4
2.6
A street that crosses a main road at a corner
2
3.5
A place where one road crosses another
2
4.9
A short path that goes across an area to save time
2
4.0
A shallow part of a river where people or cars can cross
1
1.3
A marked place on a road where drivers must stop for people to cross
1
1.9
A marked place on a road where children cross with an adult helping
1
9.9
A place where two or more roads cross
1
4.3
A bridge or path that lets people cross to the other side of a road
1
2.1
A place on the road with wide white stripes where people walking can cross and cars must stop
1
5.6
A bridge that people use to cross a road or train tracks
A point where two lines meet to make a connection in electronics or networks
A place where a road and train tracks cross at the same level with barriers that close for trains
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.2
A place where a road crosses train tracks at the same level with gates or signals
1
2.1
A place on the road with wide white stripes where people walking can cross and cars must stop
- Specialized
1
7.9
An exchange of genes between matching chromosomes during cell division that makes sperm and egg cells
A place where a road and train tracks cross at the same level with barriers that close for trains
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crossing comes from cross, the idea of lines or paths meeting or going over each other, as in crossroad or crosswalk, so a crossing is a place where roads, paths, or a shallow part of a river are crossed.