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| slant [ slant ] |
verb (past and past participle slant·ed, present participle slant·ing, 3rd person present singular slants) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb be or set something at angle: to be at an angle, or set something at an angle
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2. transitive verb cause something to have particular appeal: to make something appeal to a particular group of people
  a magazine slanted toward the youth market
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3. transitive verb present information with bias: to present something in a way that is biased toward a particular person, group, or viewpoint
The news report was slanted in favor of the nationalists.
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noun (plural slants) |
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1. angled position: an angled position or a direction that is at an angle to something else
the roof was built on a slant
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2. biased perspective: a particular bias, or a perspective on something that is likely to appeal to a particular group
The news was given a pro-government slant.
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3. point of view: a point of view or way of looking at something
Her diaries give us a new slant on the events of the time.
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4. football running play: in football, a play in which an offensive player runs forward with the ball at an angle to the line of scrimmage
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adjective |
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sloping: sloping, or at an angle
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informal
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| [15th century. Variant of dialect slent< N Germanic] |
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| slan·ted adjective |
| slant·ing adjective |
| slant·ing·ly adverb |
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