cross-country

[adj. kraws-kuhn-tree, kros-; n. kraws-kuhn-tree, -kuhn-, kros-]

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adjective

directed or proceeding over fields, through woods, etc., rather than on a road or path: a cross-country race.

from one end of the country to the other: a cross-country flight.

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a cross-country sport or race.

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Origin:
1760–70

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cross-country

—*adj, —adv*
1.	by way of fields, woods, etc, as opposed to roads: cross-country running
2.	across a country: a cross-country railway

—n
3.	a long race held over open ground

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cross-country

also cross country; 1767, of roads, from cross (adj.) + country. Of flights, from 1909.

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