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- [slant, slahnt]
- /slænt, slɑnt/
- /slɑːnt/
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- [slant, slahnt]
- /slænt, slɑnt/
Definitions of slant word
- verb without object slant to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope. 1
- verb without object slant to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually followed by toward). 1
- verb with object slant to cause to slope. 1
- verb with object slant to distort (information) by rendering it unfaithfully or incompletely, especially in order to reflect a particular viewpoint: He slanted the news story to discredit the Administration. 1
- verb with object slant to write, edit, or publish for the interest or amusement of a specific group of readers: a story slanted toward young adults. 1
- noun slant slanting or oblique direction; slope: the slant of a roof. 1
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Origin of slant
First appearance:
before 1485 One of the 25% oldest English words
First recorded in 1485-95; aphetic variant of aslant
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Parts of speech for Slant
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
slant popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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".
slant usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slant
noun slant
- abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- anschauung — direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.
- aspect — An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.
- attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
- bevel — a surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angle
verb slant
- aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
- bank — A bank is a building where a bank offers its services.
- be off — leave
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
adv slant
adverb slant
- alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
- exteriority — Surface; externality.
Antonyms for slant
noun slant
- level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
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