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单词 across-the-board
释义

across-the-board

adjective

ə-ˈkrȯs-ṯẖə-ˈbȯrd How to pronounce across-the-board (audio)
1
: placed to win if a competitor wins, places, or shows
an across-the-board racing bet
2
: embracing or affecting all classes or categories : blanket
an across-the-board price increase

Synonyms

  • blanket
  • broad-brush
  • common
  • general
  • generic
  • global
  • overall
  • universal
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Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined at sense 1

across-the-board 1 of 2

adjective

as in general
belonging or relating to the whole an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • general
  • overall
  • generic
  • universal
  • broad
  • global
  • common
  • widespread
  • wide
  • broad-brush
  • blanket
  • wholesale
  • sweeping
  • comprehensive
  • extensive
  • collective
  • all-embracing
  • pervasive
  • overarching
  • broadscale
  • ubiquitous
  • aggregate
  • inclusionary
  • worldwide
  • broad-gauged
  • complete
  • full
  • planetary
  • plenary
  • broad-gauge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • individual
  • particular
  • partial
  • component
  • local
  • regional
  • divisional
  • constituent
  • fragmentary
  • localized
  • sectional
  • cross-sectional
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across the board

2 of 2

phrase

as in overall
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time The Oscar-nominated film received a positive reception across the board.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • overall
  • together
  • collectively
  • all around
  • generally
  • broadly
  • altogether
  • all told
  • inclusively
  • all in all
  • all over
  • collectedly
  • totally
  • loosely
  • completely
  • in the aggregate
  • entirely
  • thoroughly
  • fully
  • liberally
  • wholly
  • macroscopically
  • encyclopedically
  • exhaustively
  • on the whole
  • comprehensively
  • sweepingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • strictly
  • specifically
  • literally
  • solely
  • alone
  • microscopically
  • exclusively
  • separately
  • individually
  • minutely
  • narrowly
  • distinctly
  • detailedly
  • restrictedly
  • singly
  • singularly
  • categorically
  • fractionally
  • solitarily
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