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- [kawr-ner]
- /ˈkɔr nər/
- /ˈkɔːnə(r)/
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- [kawr-ner]
- /ˈkɔr nər/
Definitions of corner word
- countable noun corner A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join. 3
- countable noun corner The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet. 3
- countable noun corner The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it. 3
- countable noun corner The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street. 3
- countable noun corner A corner is a bend in a road. 3
- countable noun corner If you talk about the corners of the world, a country, or some other place, you are referring to places that are far away or difficult to get to. 3
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Origin of corner
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, equivalent to Old French corne corner, horn (< Latin cornū horn; cf. cornu) + -er -er2
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Parts of speech for Corner
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
corner popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
corner usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for corner
noun corner
- intersection — a place where two or more roads meet, especially when at least one is a major highway; junction.
- edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- rim — the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- fork — an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- ridge — a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
verb corner
- nab — to arrest or capture.
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- tree — Sir Herbert Beerbohm [beer-bohm] /ˈbɪər boʊm/ (Show IPA), (Herbert Beerbohm) 1853–1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm.
Antonyms for corner
noun corner
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- miracle — an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
- boon — You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone.
- solution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
verb corner
- release — to lease again.
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
Top questions with corner
- what goes around the world but stays in a corner?
- how to play king corner?
- how to play kings corner?
- why does the corner of my eye itch?
- what does a corner do in football?
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