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distorting

dis·tort
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dih-stawrt]
    • /dɪˈstɔrt/
    • /dɪˈstɔːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dih-stawrt]
    • /dɪˈstɔrt/

Definitions of distorting word

  • verb with object distorting to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers. 1
  • verb with object distorting to give a false, perverted, or disproportionate meaning to; misrepresent: to distort the facts. 1
  • verb with object distorting Electronics. to reproduce or amplify (a signal) inaccurately by changing the frequencies or unequally changing the delay or amplitude of the components of the output wave. 1
  • noun distorting Present participle of distort. 1
  • adjective distorting That distorts. 0
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Origin of distorting

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Latin distortus (past participle of distorquēre to distort), equivalent to dis- dis-1 + tor(qu)- (stem of torquēre to twist) + -tus past participle suffix

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Parts of speech for Distorting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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distorting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Antonyms for distorting

adjective distorting

  • representing — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
Just one Antonym for distorting

Top questions with distorting

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Related words

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    Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.

  • homolosine projection

    an equal-area projection of the world, distorting ocean areas in order to minimize the distortion of the continents.

  • reductionism

    the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.

  • speckle pattern

    the visual appearance of a star as viewed through a large telescope, with irregularities caused by the distorting effect of local turbulence in the earth's atmosphere.
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