GOT ACROSS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

got across

verb

past tense of get across

as in explained

to make plain or understandable what I'm trying to get across is that there simply is no money for the project

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Recent Examples of got across More riders got across to that front three, including Adam Yates and Ben Healy. — Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

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These systems are exhibiting group behaviors that cannot be explained as a swarm.

— Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
In the lead-up to 2035, Hallmark explained the marque will focus on cars with ICE powertrains.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of explained

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The boomer’s reckoning Voeste grew up in Dortmund, the coal-and-steel city whose fate has long illustrated the dangers of clinging to an industrial past after its economics have changed.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
This is well illustrated at Dia Beacon, where the sculpture Relatum (formerly System), 1969, sits near two paintings both titled With Winds, 1991.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of illustrated

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The researchers demonstrated tasks containing as many as 12 steps without providing additional demonstrations for those longer sequences.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
In Lepecki’s account, the gesture again demonstrated that stillness in dance always vibrates with subtle motion.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of demonstrated

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Olivia Rodrigo has clarified both her stance on artificial intelligence and her relationship status after the two issues overlapped for the pop star this summer.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026
Crash axes The UAE’s attorney general’s statement was the first time authorities have clarified the weapon the attacker used.

— Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of clarified

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Grayscale, minimalist launchers, app blockers and simplified home screens all help.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
Emmie Finckel’s scenic design, like the musical itself, overdetails what could work more effectively if simplified.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of simplified

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The latter two are nearly unheard of, but the cherry on top was our one-year-old son’s name spelled out in letter decals inside the tub.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
In case of what need not be spelled out when the series opens with a shocking tableau of gay bar owner Leo Struthers (Alan Cumming), the recipient of Melba’s speech, hanging by his neck from a streetlight outside his Manchester home.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of spelled out

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This, Rostov’s main thoroughfare, wasn’t illuminated by the familiar bright glare of its many street lamps, or by light from its windows, now blacked out, but emerged from the darkness all the more gently in a milky cloak of moonlight.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
When illuminated with green laser light, the NV center emits red light.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

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