slant

CEFRB2

/ˈslɑːnt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A surface or line that slopes; an unfair point of view.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.

Examples

  • Run a slant route to the 30-yard line.

  • The paper's editorial staff traditionally has had a conservative slant.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈslaːnt/
  • /ˈslant/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A sloped surface or line.

  2. A slope; an incline, inclination.

  3. Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.

More examples

In context

  • This newspaper has no political slant.

  • If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.

  • It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.