Angle - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈæŋɡl|  American pronunciation of the word angle
Brit.  |ˈæŋɡ(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word angle

noun

- the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
- a biased way of looking at or presenting something (syn: slant)
- a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

verb

- move or proceed at an angle
he angled his way into the room
- to incline or bend from a vertical position (syn: lean, slant, tilt, tip)
- seek indirectly (syn: fish)
- fish with a hook
- present with a bias (syn: slant, weight)

Extra examples

The lines are at sharp angles to each other.

Critics love the clever camera angles the director used in the film.

She took pictures of the same scene from several different angles.

The soldiers were being attacked from every angle.

We need to approach the problem from a new angle.

They considered the question from all angles.

The reporter tried to work that angle into his story.

Jet-pipes are angled out ten degrees.

You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles.

You didn't measure the angle accurately.

We're approaching the issue from many different angles.

Look at every angle of the situation.

There's another angle to this question.

This drawing of the monastery was done from an unusual angle.

Some of the pictures have strange camera angles.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: angle
he/she/it: angles
present participle: angling
past tense: angled
past participle: angled
noun
singular: angle
plural: angles
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