GET ACROSS

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does get across mean? 

• GET ACROSS (verb)
  The verb GET ACROSS has 3 senses:

1. communicate successfully
2. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
3. travel across or pass over

  Familiarity information: GET ACROSS used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET ACROSS (verb)

Meaning:

Communicate successfully

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

put over; get across

Context examples:

I couldn't get across the message / He put over the idea very well

Hypernyms (to "get across" is one way to...):

communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

come home; dawn; fall into place; sink in; get across; penetrate; get through; click

Context examples:

It dawned on him that she had betrayed him / she was penetrated with sorrow

Cause:

understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Meaning:

Travel across or pass over

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

get over; traverse; cut through; cut across; cross; pass over; get across; track; cover

Context example:

The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day

Hypernyms (to "get across" is one way to...):

go across; go through; pass (go across or through)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get across"):

tramp (cross on foot)

course (move swiftly through or over)

drive; take (proceed along in a vehicle)

jaywalk (cross the road at a red light)

bridge (cross over on a bridge)

ford (cross a river where it's shallow)

crisscross (cross in a pattern, often random)

walk (traverse or cover by walking)

stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)

hop (make a quick trip especially by air)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP