1 a place where you can safely cross a road, a river, etc., or from one country to another:
The child was killed when a car failed to stop at the crossing. * The next crossing point is a long way downstream. * He was arrested by guards at the border crossing.
seealsoLEVELCROSSING, PEDESTRIANCROSSING, PELICANCROSSING, ZEBRACROSSING
2 a place where two lines, two roads or two tracks cross
3 a journey across a sea or a wide river:
a three-hour ferry crossing * a rough crossing from Dover to Calais * the first Atlantic crossing
4 an act of going from one side to another:
attempted crossings of the border
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