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• cross- — a first element of compounds, modifying the second part, meaning: 1. going across: crossroad. 2. counter: cross examination. 3. marked with a cross: hot cross buns. 4. cruciform: crossbones. 5. changing from one state or type to another, as in… …  

• Cross (boxing) — Cross (Straight punch) Cross for the stop in Burmese boxing Also known as France: Direct (bras arrière) …   Wikipedia

• Cross listing — of one company on multiple exchanges should not be confused with dual listed companies, where two distinct companies with separate stocks listed on different exchanges function as one company. Cross listing of shares is when a firm lists its… …   Wikipedia

• Counter-Reformation — [kount΄ər ref΄ər mā′shən] n. the reform movement in the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th cent., following the Protestant Reformation and in answer to it * * * or Catholic Reformation In Roman Catholicism, efforts in the 16th and early 17th… …   Universalium

• cross — [krôs, kräs] n. [< ME cros & crois; cros < OE cros & ON kross, both < OIr cros < L crux (gen. crucis), a cross < IE * kreuk , extension of base * (s)ker , to turn, bend > L curvus; ME crois < OFr < L crux] 1. an upright… …   English World dictionary

• cross — I (disagree with) verb act in opposition to, argue, be opposed to, collide, conflict with, confront, confute, contend, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, debate, defy, dispute, gainsay, homini obsistere, make a stand against, neutralize …   Law dictionary

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive — Developer(s) Valve Corporation Hidden Path Entertainment Series …   Wikipedia

• Counter-economics — is a term originally used by Samuel Edward Konkin III and J. Neil Schulman, libertarian activists and theorists. Konkin defined it as the study and/or practice of all peaceful human action which is forbidden by the State. [citation needed] The… …   Wikipedia

• counter — I verb act against, act in opposition to, agitate against, antagonize, avert, be at cross purposes, be contrary, be inimical, be obstructive, bid against, challenge, clash, collide, come in conflict with, compete with, conflict with, confute,… …   Law dictionary

• cross-purpose — cross pur pose ( p?r p?s), n. 1. A counter or opposing purpose; a contrary aim; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English