Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of crossover.
present singular third person crosses over · participle present crossing over · participle past crossed over · past crossed over
- intransitivetransitiveTo pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another.
To reach the other bank of the river, we tried crossing over on a log.
2 more examples
Not many actors are so easily able to cross over from television to film.
The water tank at the up platform was under repair, so the engine had been crossed over to the down line, and was taking water from the tank at the north end of the down platform.
1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
* (to die): From the belief that the soul of the dead crosses over a river (as the Jordan or Styx) when one dies.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish krydse over
- krydse overto pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another
Polish przechodzić, przejść
- przechodzićto pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another
- przejśćto pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another
- odchodzićto die
- odejśćto die
Cite this entry
cross over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross%20over
“cross over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross%20over. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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