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Electrum Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Across cellular carriers
Wikipedia:
A wireless version of the magazine was launched in 2005 across cellular carriers in twenty European and Asian countries.
Dictionary.com:
–preposition
1.
from one side to other of: a bridge across a river.
2.
on or to the other side of; beyond: across the sea.
3.
into contact with; into the presence of, usually by accident: to come across an old http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/friend; to run across a first edition of Byron.
4.
crosswise of or transversely to the length of something; athwart: coats across the bed; straddled across the boundary line.
It's hard to reconcile Wikpedia's use of the word with Dictionary.com's definitions. In fact, I'm not 100% sure I know what Wikipedia means.
A wireless version of the magazine was launched in 2005 across cellular carriers in twenty European and Asian countries.
Dictionary.com:
–preposition
1.
from one side to other of: a bridge across a river.
2.
on or to the other side of; beyond: across the sea.
3.
into contact with; into the presence of, usually by accident: to come across an old http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/friend; to run across a first edition of Byron.
4.
crosswise of or transversely to the length of something; athwart: coats across the bed; straddled across the boundary line.
It's hard to reconcile Wikpedia's use of the word with Dictionary.com's definitions. In fact, I'm not 100% sure I know what Wikipedia means.
Top answer
A wireless version of the magazine was launched in 2005 across cellular carriers in twenty European and Asian countries. Without reading the entire article I'm not 100% certain. However, the clue is in the plural "cellular carriers ".
- A wireless version of the magazine was launched in 2005 across cellular carriers in twenty European and Asian countries.
- Without reading the entire article I'm not 100% certain.
- However, the clue is in the plural "cellular carriers ".
- It appears that multiple carriers distributed a "wireless version of the magazine".
- " The essential concept here is that it is multiple carrier distributing the content, so to show the 'range' the word across is used.
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A wireless version of the magazine was launched in 2005 across cellular carriers in twenty European and Asian countries.
Without reading the entire article I'm not 100% certain. However, the clue is in the plural "cellular carriers". It appears that multiple carriers distributed a "wireless version of the magazine". So the usage here is similar to saying "A wireless version
Without reading the entire article I'm not 100% certain. However, the clue is in the plural "cellular carriers". It appears that multiple carriers distributed a "wireless version of the magazine". So the usage here is similar to saying "A wireless version
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free_spiritand distributed by severalYes, maybe it suggests a wide range of carriers, but would you day, "The theory was enunciated across websites and television channels?" This is a long way from a coat lying across a bed.
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> but would you day, "The theory was enunciated across websites and television channels?"
I probably wouldn't use the word "enunciated" but I would say things such as "the file was distributed across the Internet", if I was meaning that many or multiple websites distributed the file.
>This is a long way from a coat lying across a bed.
Not necessarily, it is still
I probably wouldn't use the word "enunciated" but I would say things such as "the file was distributed across the Internet", if I was meaning that many or multiple websites distributed the file.
>This is a long way from a coat lying across a bed.
Not necessarily, it is still
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It's there all right. How often it has that particular meaning is something else.
across the Internet 15,000,000 googles
all over the Internet 120,000,000 googles
on the Internet 2,190,000,000 googles
via the Interent 25,400,000 googles
I'll try onelook, see if I can learn more. Thanks.
across the Internet 15,000,000 googles
all over the Internet 120,000,000 googles
on the Internet 2,190,000,000 googles
via the Interent 25,400,000 googles
I'll try onelook, see if I can learn more. Thanks.
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I would expect there to be many examples of "across the x". "Across the spectrum", "across the world", "across the Internet", "across the country"... the list goes on.
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Most of onelook's dictionaries are almost carbons of dictionary.com. However, MacMillan comes close, in senses 3a and 4.
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/across
But in these senses, the object would usually be singular.
Compare:
across aca
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/across
But in these senses, the object would usually be singular.
Compare:
across aca
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