school crossing
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1.9
- noun
- /skuːl ˈkrɔsɪŋ/
:
paso de peatones escolar
- The bright yellow signs mark the school crossing where children can safely walk to and from their classes.
- a school crossing guard
Examples
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Every morning, the school crossing is supervised by a guard to ensure that students cross the street safely.
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We're in a school crossing.
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You gotta put them back on the school crossing where they belong.
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And I'm going to be a fucking school crossing guard in fucking the ghetto of Five Points!
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Johnson, who works as a school crossing guard on Miami Beach, said she bought the two-bedroom house back in 1985.
Blog text (1) -
At the school crossing.
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At the school crossing.
Fiction book (1997) -
Hiet steps toward me, but Dr. Hogan, the veterinarian, puts up his hand like a school crossing guard, and she stops.
Fiction book (2002) -
To hear all the fuss about the women who moderated this month's presidential debates, you'd think the task was akin to that of a school crossing guard.
Blog text (16) -
Judgment is not the same as induction or generalization, by which we abstract what is significant from a host of examples in order to think about them collectively (say, grouping together as provisions for public safety, stop signs, 911 lines, local police, and school crossing guards).
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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1.7
A place where two roads or paths meet so people can go across
21
1.0
A marked part of a road where people cross safely
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1.3
A marked place on a road where drivers must stop for people to cross
How Safe
3
2.8
- US
5
2.5
1
1.9
- UK
1
2.1
- UK
1
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'crossing' names a place to cross and 'school' specifies the type or users (around a school), so a learner who knows both words can infer a place where schoolchildren cross. This noun–noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistically familiar pattern, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The name school crossing comes from the simple picture of a marked place where children from a school walk across a road to get to class. Often a guard or signs stop cars so children can use the crossing safely, so the name came to mean 'a place on the road where children cross safely'.