Betekenis van distort In het Nederlands

• 0 to change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural:

  • The map distorted Greenland to appear four times its actual size.

  • a distorting mirror

• 1 to change something so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean:

  • She accused her opponent of distorting the truth.

  • The survey methods can distort reality.

• 2 to change or affect something, especially in a way that makes it worse:

  • The government is actually distorting markets and undermining competition.

  • There's a danger this could distort his judgment.

• 3 to make sound produced on electrical equipment sound strange and unpleasant because of changes in the shape of the sound wave:

  • a powerful amplifier capable of producing sound at high volume without distorting it

  • The sound system distorted the vocals.

• 4 to change something from its natural or usual shape or condition:

  • Agony distorted his face.

  • There are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political ends.

• 5 to change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way:

  • Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort trade and reduce potential growth.

  • Local prices may be distorted by trade barriers, sales taxes, or big differences in the cost of inputs such as rents.

  • They claim she deliberately distorted information and put families at risk.

  • These companies systematically distort the truth - by design.

  • Critics said the speaker not only distorted the facts but unfairly criticized one of the city's great success stories.