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With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.
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Meaning of "get across" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GET ACROSS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GET ACROSS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Get across is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb get across in English.

WHAT DOES GET ACROSS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of get across in the English dictionary

The first definition of get across in the dictionary is to cross or cause or help to cross. Other definition of get across is to be or cause to be readily understood. Get across is also to annoy.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GET ACROSS

PRESENT

Present
I get across
you get across
he/she/it gets across
we get across
you get across
they get across
Present continuous
I am getting across
you are getting across
he/she/it is getting across
we are getting across
you are getting across
they are getting across
Present perfect
I have got across
you have got across
he/she/it has got across
we have got across
you have got across
they have got across
Present perfect continuous
I have been getting across
you have been getting across
he/she/it has been getting across
we have been getting across
you have been getting across
they have been getting across
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I got across
you got across
he/she/it got across
we got across
you got across
they got across
Past continuous
I was getting across
you were getting across
he/she/it was getting across
we were getting across
you were getting across
they were getting across
Past perfect
I had got across
you had got across
he/she/it had got across
we had got across
you had got across
they had got across
Past perfect continuous
I had been getting across
you had been getting across
he/she/it had been getting across
we had been getting across
you had been getting across
they had been getting across
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will get across
you will get across
he/she/it will get across
we will get across
you will get across
they will get across
Future continuous
I will be getting across
you will be getting across
he/she/it will be getting across
we will be getting across
you will be getting across
they will be getting across
Future perfect
I will have got across
you will have got across
he/she/it will have got across
we will have got across
you will have got across
they will have got across
Future perfect continuous
I will have been getting across
you will have been getting across
he/she/it will have been getting across
we will have been getting across
you will have been getting across
they will have been getting across
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would get across
you would get across
he/she/it would get across
we would get across
you would get across
they would get across
Conditional continuous
I would be getting across
you would be getting across
he/she/it would be getting across
we would be getting across
you would be getting across
they would be getting across
Conditional perfect
I would have get across
you would have get across
he/she/it would have get across
we would have get across
you would have get across
they would have get across
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been getting across
you would have been getting across
he/she/it would have been getting across
we would have been getting across
you would have been getting across
they would have been getting across
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you get across
we let´s get across
you get across
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to get across
Past participle
got across
Present Participle
getting across
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GET ACROSS

get a bang out of
get a guernsey
get a line on
get a load of
get a move on
get a rise out of
get a wiggle on
get a word in edgeways
get about
get ahead
get along
get any good of
get anywhere
get around
get at
get away
get away with
get away with murder
get back
get by

WORDS THAT END LIKE GET ACROSS

across
autocross
backcross
Celtic cross
come across
crisscross
cross
cut across
cyclo-cross
double cross
double-cross
gross
Latin cross
market cross
motocross
on the cross
put across
rallycross
run across
sign of the cross
single-cross

Synonyms and antonyms of get across in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «get across» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GET ACROSS

Find out the translation of get across to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of get across from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «get across» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

获得跨越
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conseguir a través de
570 millions of speakers

English

get across
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पार पाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عبور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

получить через
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atravessar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জুড়ে পেতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire passer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dapatkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zu vermitteln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

横断する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

건널
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njaluk liwat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có thể đi qua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாண்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओलांडून मिळवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karşıya geçmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ottenere attraverso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przedostać się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

отримати через
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obține peste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταδώσουμε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kry oor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

komma över
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

komme over
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of get across

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GET ACROSS»

The term «get across» is regularly used and occupies the 60.247 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of get across
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «get across».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GET ACROSS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «get across» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «get across» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about get across

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «GET ACROSS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word get across.
1
Linwood Barclay
Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States, lives in a mansion that uses more electricity than the average family's bungalow! David Suzuki rides on a bus that uses more fuel than a Smart car to get across Canada! Oh my God! And this is just the tip of the vanishing iceberg!
2
Ralph Bunche
If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in person.
3
Octavia Butler
I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people.
4
Armie Hammer
You have to emote much more to get what you're trying to get across to come through a quarter inch of latex that's superglued to your face.
5
Bindi Irwin
I'm trying to get across the message that don't be afraid of animals, they're just put on this earth to help the environment and everything like that.
6
Thomas Kinkade
What I paint touches on foundational life values. Home, family, peacefulness. And one of the messages I try to constantly get across is, 'Slow it down and enjoy every moment.'
7
Simon Pegg
That's what we wanted to get across in that moment, particularly when Shaun goes to the shop when he's all hung over. He doesn't notice any of the zombies around him just because he never had before, so why should he at that point?
8
Jerome Richardson
What I'd like to get across is try your best to be yourself. I realize there are those who are much further along than you are; there are stars, but learn to be who you are and to play yourself. Be confident in that fact.
9
Harry Shum, Jr.
With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.
10
Brad Thor
I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GET ACROSS»

Discover the use of get across in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to get across and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Train Like a Mother: How to Get Across Any Finish Line - and ...
Counsels women runners on how to train for competitive races, providing coverage of topics ranging from nutrition and recovery to injury prevention and training while juggling a busy schedule.
Dimity McDowell, Sarah Bowen Shea, 2012
2
Across the Wall
Nicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall, back to the Old Kingdom.
Garth Nix, 2009
3
Ordinary Miracles - Harness the Power of Writing and Get ...
For example, if you need to use profanity or provocative language to get across the tone and point that you're aiming to create, then that's what you need to do. If you don't need it, though, you'll just come off as uncouth and incapable of ...
Danny Iny, 2006
4
Using Caldecotts Across the Curriculum: Reading and Writing ...
"If we can't get across the bridge, then we won't get to the wizard then we won't get to fty." "If we can't get across the bridge." said the kitten "then we will have to swim across the river." So they went to the river. They found sticks and a board and ...
Joan Novelli, 1998
5
Readymade Job Search Letters: Winning Letters and Emails to ...
6 Speculative letters 64 General points 64; What do you need to know 65; Sources of information 66; Writing a speculative letter 68 7 Getting started 87 General points 87; What you need to get across 89 8 Starting again 99 General points 99; ...
Lynn Williams, 2008
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
get across get around/round get across 1. kaloj, kapercej, kaloj (hidhem) matane □ Only half the company got across the bridge before it was blown up. O The frontier is so well guarded that no one can get across. □ The bridge was destroyed ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
7
Across Five Aprils
The unforgettable story of young Jethro Creighton who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War.
Irene Hunt, 2002
8
Silver Bite
12...ACROSS. THE. BORDER. Get across the border baby Get across to me Get across theborder baby to theland ofthe free Get across the border baby Get down on your knees Everybodys lookin at you Can you seethe diseas Get across the ...
James Douglas Moore
9
Meeting Across the River
For as familiar as this story is, Springsteen's spare lyrics leave much unsaid.
Jessica Kaye, Richard Brewer, 2008
10
The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography
This is particularly awkward for bilingual dictionaries, where the intransitive and transitive units may have the same translation, as for instance get across in the corpus lines in Figure 6.8, which in French has the equivalent traverser ( intransitive ...
B. T. Sue Atkins, Michael Rundell, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GET ACROSS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term get across is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Micronesia appear on Fifa's radar after massive Pacific Games defeats
... tournament [if they'd provided more funding and assistance, but] if there's one message I want to get across, it's this: Fifa's got an opportunity ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Evan Gaynor wins Johnnycake Jog men's race
... everyone one of those guys in that lead pack wants it just as bad as you do and you've really got to fight to get across that line in first,” he said ... «News-Herald.com, Jul 15»
3
Multiple Studies Confirm: Virginia Can Cut Carbon from its Power …
... recent year of progress and investments, we can build upon these energy efficiency and renewables progress to get across the finish line. «Natural Resources Defense Council, Jul 15»
4
Wimbledon 2015: Roger Federer is the best of all time, but Novak …
Against anyone else that would have been a winner, but Djokovic managed to get across way past the tramlines and still have the presence of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Five Notre Dame talents NFL scouts will definitely be eyeing
Even when teams attempt to run away from Smith, he still has the lateral speed to get across the field to be part of the play. Furthermore, when ... «247Sports, Jul 15»
6
6 NZ Slopes You'll Be Sorry You Missed This Season
Jealous? We thought so. Before that FOMO creeps up on you, find your soul mate slope in our expert guide and get across the ditch, stat. «Pedestrian TV, Jul 15»
7
Op-Ed|National Park Service Has Correct Approach To Bear …
... and reduce the daily interaction between bears and people trying to get across the floating bridge, but the Park Service will no longer have to ... «National Parks Traveler, Jul 15»
8
Bolton spells out Maidenhead RFC vision and integrity is at the heart …
“We started last Tuesday with a short presentation to players about my ideas and the style I am looking to get across,” he said. “It seemed to go ... «Slough Express, Jul 15»
9
Emily Batty, Canadian mountain biker, enjoys victory with family
Anything is possible and that is the message we want to get across." Pendrel was suitably impressed with Batty's winning performance. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
10
Judge refuses to exclude Limerick Traveller from halting site
... the cooker was not wired, the washing machine was broken, presses were broken and he has to climb over his bed to get across the room. «Limerick Leader, Jul 15»

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