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corner
noun countable UK /ˈkɔː(r)nə(r)/ 1 the part of something square or rectangular where two edges meetWatch the baby – that table has sharp corners. at/in the corner: The date is displayed in the corner of the screen. I had to park in the far corner of the car park. right-hand/left-hand corner: That’s me, in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture. Synonyms and related words
Parts of shapes centre circumference contour 1a a place where two sides or walls meet, usually inside a room or a boxcorner of: In a dark corner of the room stood a tall man. in the corner: She sat in the corner reading. Synonyms and related words
The walls of a building and relating to walls cavity wall chimney breast clerestory
2 a place where two roads or paths meeton/at the corner: I get my newspaper from the shop on the corner. turn the corner (=go around it): As she turned the corner into Bank Street, she saw us. street corner: people begging on street corners Synonyms and related words
Parts of roads and road systems 2a a sharp bend in a road, where you cannot see what is comingSlow down for the corner. Synonyms and related words
Parts of roads and road systems
3 the end of your mouth or eyecorner of: A tear trickled from the corner of her eye. The corners of his mouth turned down disapprovingly. Synonyms and related words Synonyms and related words
Relating to the eye and the ability to see 4 a small area away from the centre, especially one that is quiet, peaceful, or secretLet’s find a quiet corner and talk about it. corner of: Plant it in a sunny corner of your garden. the four corners of the earth/globe/world etc: People came from the four corners of the earth to take part in these games. Synonyms and related words
The outer parts of objects or spaces 5 a difficult situation that you cannot easily escape fromThe government is in a corner on the subject of taxes. tight corner (=difficult situation): We’ve got out of tighter corners than this! back/force someone into a corner: They had me forced into a corner, and I had to admit the truth. Synonyms and related words
Difficult situations and experiences 6 in football, hockey etc, a kick or hit that one team is allowed to take from a corner of the field, near the goal where they are trying to scoreEngland’s first goal came from a corner. Synonyms and related words
Actions in playing games or sports 7 in boxing or wrestling, one of the corners of the square ring where the fighting happens Synonyms and related words
Boxing and wrestling arm-wrestling bantamweight bare-knuckle 8 have/get a corner on somethingto have or hold a monopoly on something, to monopolize somethingBecause of its time to time technical innovation and purpose-built software, Microsoft has managed to get a corner on software market for years. Submitted by:
Prakash Chandra Patel from India on 18/12/2016
around/round the corner out of the corner of your eye turn the/a corner corner
noun countable US /ˈkɔrnər/ 1 the part of something square or rectangular where two edges meetWatch the baby, that table has sharp corners. at/in the corner: The date is displayed in the corner of the screen. I had to park in the far corner of the parking lot. right-hand/left-hand corner: That’s me, in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture. Synonyms and related words
Parts of shapes center circumference contour 1a a place where two sides or walls meet, usually inside a room or a boxcorner of: In a dark corner of the room stood a tall man. in the corner: She sat in the corner reading. Synonyms and related words
The walls of a building and relating to walls baseboard cavity wall chimney breast
2 a sharp turn in a road, where you cannot see what is comingSlow down for the corner. Synonyms and related words
Parts of roads and road systems bend bicycle lane bike lane 2a a place where two roads or paths meeton/at the corner: I get my newspaper from the store on the corner. turn the corner (=go around it): As she turned the corner onto Bank Street, she saw us. street corner: people begging on street corners Synonyms and related words
Parts of roads and road systems bend bicycle lane bike lane
3 the end of your mouth or eyecorner of: A tear trickled from the corner of her eye. Synonyms and related words Synonyms and related words
Relating to the eye and the ability to see 4 a small area away from the center, especially one that is quiet, peaceful, or secretLet’s find a quiet corner and talk about it. corner of: Plant it in a sunny corner of your garden. the four corners of the earth/globe/world etc.: People came from the four corners of the earth to take part in these games. Synonyms and related words
The outer parts of objects or spaces 5 a difficult situation that you cannot easily escape fromThe government is in a corner on the subject of taxes. back/force someone into a corner: They had me forced into a corner, and I had to admit the truth. tight corner (=difficult situation): We’ve gotten out of tighter corners than this! Synonyms and related words
Difficult situations and experiences 6 in boxing or wrestling, one of the corners of the square ring where the fighting happens Synonyms and related words
Boxing and wrestling arm-wrestling bantamweight bare-knuckle 7 in soccer, field hockey, etc., a kick that one team is allowed to take from a corner of the field, near the goal where they are trying to score Synonyms and related words
Actions in playing games or sports 8 have/get a corner on somethingto have or hold a monopoly on something, to monopolize somethingBecause of its time to time technical innovation and purpose-built software, Microsoft has managed to get a corner on software market for years. Submitted by:
Prakash Chandra Patel from India on 18/12/2016
around the corner out of the corner of your eye turn the/a corner corner1 transitive to find someone and make them talk to you when they have been trying to avoid thisHe cornered me and asked me why I was late. Synonyms and related words
To force someone to speak or to listen to you 1a to force a person or animal into a place that they cannot move away fromHe cornered her and tried to kiss her. have someone/something cornered: The dogs had the cat cornered. Synonyms and related words
To put a person or animal in a place they cannot leave 1b to put someone in a situation where they have to do something that you wantCornered, he handed her the letter. Synonyms and related words
To cause problems for someone or something let down hold back embarrass
2 transitive to get control of an area of business so that no one else can succeed in it, for example because you own all the supply of a particular productHamden had managed to corner the entire grain supply. corner the market (in something): Her company has cornered the market in frozen vegetarian meals. Synonyms and related words
To do business and relating to doing business 3 intransitive if a car corners, it moves around a corner or bend in the road Synonyms and related words
To drive, or to operate a vehicle back up belt up be on someone’s tail
corner1 transitive to force a person or animal into a place that they cannot move away fromHe cornered her and tried to kiss her. have someone/something cornered: The dogs had the cat cornered. Synonyms and related words
To put a person or animal in a place they cannot leave 1a to find someone and make them talk to you when they have been trying to avoid thisHe cornered me and asked me why I was late. Synonyms and related words
To force someone to speak or to listen to you 1b to put someone in a situation where they have to do something that you wantCornered, he handed her the letter. Synonyms and related words
To cause problems for someone or something let down hold back embarrass
2 intransitive if a car corners, it moves around a corner or curve in the road Synonyms and related words
To drive, or to operate a vehicle 3 transitive to get control of an area of business so that no one else can succeed in it, for example because you own all the supply of a particular productHamden had managed to corner the entire grain supply. corner the market (for/in something): They have cornered the market for frozen vegetarian meals. Synonyms and related words
To do business and relating to doing business
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