cross-fertilise

A form of cross-fertilize — To undergo (or cause to undergo) cross-fertilization.

Meanings

verbcross-fertilise (third-person singular simple present cross-fertilises, present participle cross-fertilising, simple past and past participle cross-fertilised)

present singular third person cross-fertilises · participle present cross-fertilising · participle past cross-fertilised · past cross-fertilised

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of cross-fertilize.
    1 more example

    "And the mindset of a silo of rail engineers, and a silo of highway engineers, and a silo of bus experts, and a silo of active travel people, you're not going to integrate just because you put them in one organisation. "You have to actively look at ways to cross-fertilise that thinking, to get multi-modal projects hard-wired in. And from our view, I see TfW as a behaviour change organisation.

    2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 34

Synonyms & antonyms

verbundergo cross-fertilization; become fertile

Broader
change stateturn

verbcause to undergo cross-fertilization

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

cross-fertilise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-fertilise

MLA

“cross-fertilise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-fertilise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross-fertilise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross-fertilise.

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