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slant
[ slant, slahnt ]
verb (used without object)
- to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually followed by toward ).
verb (used with object)
- to cause to slope.
- 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.
- to write, edit, or publish for the interest or amusement of a specific group of readers:
a story slanted toward young adults.
noun
- slanting or oblique direction; slope:
the slant of a roof.
Synonyms: obliqueness, obliquity, pitch, inclination, incline
- a slanting line, surface, etc.
- a mental leaning, bias, or distortion:
His mind shows a curious slant.
- viewpoint; opinion; attitude:
Let him give you his slant.
- Informal. a glance or look.
- Also called angle. Journalism. the particular mood or vein in which something is written, edited, or published:
His column always has a humorous slant.
- Football.
- an offensive play in which the ball-carrier runs toward the line of scrimmage at an angle.
- Also called slant-in. a pass pattern in which a receiver cuts diagonally across the middle of the field.
- Also called slant-eye [slant, -ahy, slahnt, -ahy]. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person from East Asia, especially a Chinese or Japanese person.
adjective
- sloping; oblique:
a slant roof; a slant approach.
slant
/ slɑːnt /
verb
- to incline or be inclined at an oblique or sloping angle
- tr to write or present (news, etc) with a bias
- intrfoll bytowards (of a person's opinions) to be biased
noun
adjective
- oblique, sloping
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Derived Forms
- ˈslantingly, adverb
- ˈslanting, adjective
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Other Words From
- slanting·ly slantly adverb
- un·slanted adjective
- un·slanting adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slant1
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Example Sentences
Meanwhile, big dollar advertising campaigns have taken an explicit rainbow-hued slant.
Owen sees the writing of his book—telling the truth slant—as a way of closing the circle on his own losses.
Emily Dickinson famously wrote, “Tell the truth but tell it slant.”
And while they may have an ideological slant, they are not wedded to it.
American literature seems to want for authors of a Republican slant.
He had the innate slant of mind that properly belongs to a moderator of mass meetings called to aggravate a crisis.
The rear of him had not sunk so far, so he was on a slant which made it all the more difficult for him to lift himself.
A rise of land showed gaunt and black, and the pilot was guiding the ship in a long slant upon it.
The abrupt slant of the hill gives the building an additional story on the south side.
The last has the true slant for activity and strength, in which it excels all other breeds of equal weight.
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