slant
slant
slÃĻnt
slānt
/slˈɑːnt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "slant"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to incline or tilt, creating an oblique or diagonal angle in a specified direction
Intransitive
to slant definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lone tree on the hill slanted toward the sun, reaching for the sunlight.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move or proceed in a direction that is not straight or perpendicular
Intransitive
to slant definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The airplane slants during its descent, gradually aligning with the runway for a smooth landing.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϤāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāύāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖ āĻ…āĻŦāϤāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to position or direct something in a way that deviates from a straight orientation
Transitive: to slant sth
to slant definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To capture a dynamic perspective, the photographer slanted the camera.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to interpret or present information with a subjective point of view or bias
Transitive: to slant information
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The filmmaker intentionally slanted the documentary to emphasize a particular social issue.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĄāϕ⧁āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻĸāĻžāϞ, āĻā§‹āρāĻ•

a slope, angle, or incline that departs from level or flat alignment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She admired the slant of the hillside from the cabin window.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰāĻĸāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ–

a biased or subjective angle in presenting information, often reflecting personal or ideological viewpoints
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His slant on the issue was shaped by personal experience.
āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§‹āρāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ

a symbol, typically used to indicate separation, resembling a slash ⟨ / ⟩, often employed to set off pronunciations or special characters from the main text
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Typographers use a slant to differentiate the symbols in textual formatting.
āϟāĻžāχāĻĒā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

slanted
slanting
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