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# crosswalk

«crosswalk» in Mova's school dictionary: **A marked place on a road where people walk across, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a crosswalk, crosswalks)

### meaning for a pupil

A marked place on a road where people walk across, often with white stripes or traffic lights; the US and Canadian word for a pedestrian crossing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswalk/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In road safety lessons: cross at the crosswalk, wait for the walk signal, look left and right (and left again), and make sure cars have stopped. In the UK it is a «zebra crossing» or «pedestrian crossing»; in Australia a «pedestrian crossing» or «zebra crossing». Phrases: «use the crosswalk», «at the crosswalk», «crossing guard».

### examples

- Always cross the street at the crosswalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswalk/#x1)
- We waited at the crosswalk for the green walk sign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswalk/#x2)
- The crossing guard helped us at the crosswalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswalk/#x3)
- Look both ways even at a crosswalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswalk/#x4)
- The crosswalk has wide white stripes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswalk/#x5)
- Cars must stop for people in the crosswalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswalk/#x6)

### note

Mostly American and Canadian English. UK/Australia/NZ: «pedestrian crossing», «zebra crossing», «pelican crossing». A crosswalk does not make you totally safe: drivers may not see you, so check before stepping out.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crosswalk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crosswalk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.