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How to pronounce “slant”
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Pronunciation guide for slant
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of slant with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Slant'd - Making of an Asian-American Magazine
as well as heading up the digital efforts at "Slant'd."
- Definition summary
- A slope; an incline, inclination.
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How to pronounce slant
Slant'd - Making of an Asian-American Magazine
as well as heading up the digital efforts at "Slant'd."
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “slant”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A slope; an incline, inclination.
- A sloped surface or line.
- (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
- (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
- An oblique movement or course.
- (biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.
- A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
- A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
- A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
- (US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
- (slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
- (Australia, slang) A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
- (originally US) A point of view, an angle.
- (US) A look, a glance.
- (US, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.
- [Verb]
- (ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
- (transitive) To bias or skew.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To lie or exaggerate.
- [Adjective]
- Sloping; oblique; slanted.
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