Definition of Across-the-board

1. Adjective. Broad in scope or content. "Granted him wide powers"


Definition of Across-the-board

1. Adjective. wide or comprehensive in scope or applicability. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Across-the-board

acrosomal granule
acrosomeless
acrosomes
acrosomin
acrospire
acrospired
acrospires
acrospiring
acrospiroma
acrospore
acrospores
acrosporous
across
across-the-board (current term)
across from
across the board
across the country
across the line
across the nation
across the pond
across variable
across variables
acrosses
acrosst
acrost
acrostatic
acrostealgia
acrostic

Literary usage of Across-the-board

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Opportunities to Address Clinical Research Workforce Diversity Needs for 2010 by Jong-on Hahm, Alex Ommaya (2006)
"The Clinical Research Workforce: Across-the-Board Challenges Over the past two decades policy makers, researchers, and others have consistently expressed ..."

2. Farm Shop Work: Practical Manual Training by George Marshall Brace, Dexter Dwight Mayne (1915)
"From c measure 7" to d and square across the board to e. Scribe a line from c to e. ... to g and scribe a line about halfway across the board. ..."

3. Contracting for Managed Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: A Guide by Stephen Moss (2000)
"However, such across-the-board limitations are not allowed in the case of children, ... The State must decide what across-the-board limits are permitted on ..."

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