Across and Over

- across and over = on the other side of ; to the other side of

- prefer over = movement to the other side of something high

• Why is that woman climbing over the wall?

- prefer across = movement to the other side of a flat area.

• It took him six weeks to walk across the desert.

Above and Over

- Above and Over = higher than

A is above/over B

• There’s a spider on the ceiling just above/over your head.

- Above = one thing is not directly over another

A is above B (not A is over B)

• We’re got a little house above the lake.

- Over = one thing covers another

A is over B

• There is cloud over the Southe of England

- Over (Across) = one thing crosses another

A is (moving) over/across B

• Electricity cables stretch over/across the fields.


• The plane was flying over/across the Channel.

- Over = more than

• “How old are you?” “Over thirty”


• He’s over two meters tall.

- Above = more than in some expressions particularly (vertical scale..)

• Above zero (for temperatures)


• Above sea-level


• Above average