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crossover

/kɹˈɔsˌoʊvɝ/noun3 syllables

Crossover means: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other.

Synonyms for crossover6

noun, as in a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

crossing, crosswalk

noun, as in the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

crossing over

noun, as in a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party

crossover voter

also used for crossover

CUV, XUV

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What does crossover mean?4

noun

1

a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

2

the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

3

a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party

4

the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience“a jazz-classical crossover album”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Crossover in a sentence

  • If it exists, a crossover with it will eventually happen.Ooneykcall
  • Our respective favorite shows are doing a crossover episode.Miktsoanit
  • The song was a crossover hit.Miktsoanit
  • Tom and Sami reunited for another crossover sentence.Miktsoanit

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of crossover

as a noun

plural
crossovers