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cross
Verb
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If you cross something, you go from one side of it to the other side.
Don't cross the street until the light turns green.
We can cross the river at the bridge, or we can get wet.
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If you cross something, you put one part over another perpendicularly.
She crossed her ankles: she put one foot on the other side of the other foot.
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If you cross someone, you do something that the person does not like.
Don't cross me. Make sure to agree with me.
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If you cross, you go in a path that will intersect with someone else's path.
Boats crossing from starboard have right-of-way.
cross
Noun
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A cross is a figure made of two straight lines or bars that intersect each other such that at least one of them bisects the other.
In Christianity, the death of Jesus is represented by a cross.
cross
Adjective
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Someone who is cross is angry or annoyed.
Jill spoke to me rudely because she was cross.
series
Noun
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A series of events, meetings, experiments, etc. is several of them that happen one after the other and are related.
Three weeks ago troops and helicopters launched a series of attacks on Kurds in the region.
There has been a series of changes at the newspaper that began with the new editor.
The school will be hosting a series of lectures relating to poverty.
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A TV or Radio series is a number of programs usually with the same setting and characters.
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A series is a sporting event in which many teams compete for a championship.
Tonight is the final game of the Stanley Cup series.
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If something is connected in series, electricity passes through each point before going to the next point.
adapter
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noun
device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
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noun
(= arranger)
a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance