slope

CEFRB1

/sloʊp/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A surface that rises or falls at an angle.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

Examples

  • The town is built on a slope.

  • We skied down the slope.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /sləʊp/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.

  2. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

  3. The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).

More examples

In context

  • I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.

  • The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.

  • Let's descend the slope.

Synonyms

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The experienced skier carefully skied down the steep blank of the mountain.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From aslope (adjective, adverb).