slant betydelse and definition

Betydelse av slant på svenska

• 0 to (cause to) lean in a position that is not vertical; to (cause to) slope:

  • Italic writing slants to the right.

  • The evening sun slanted (= shone with the light moving in a slope) through the narrow window.

  • The police claimed that reports in the media were slanted against/towards the defendant.

• 1 a position or direction that is sloping:

  • The car was parked on a slant.

  • The snow came down at a slant.

  • The book had a personal/political/sociological slant.

• 2 to lean in a diagonal direction, or to cause (something) to slope:

  • Rays of sunlight slanted down on her.

• 3 to present information by ignoring or hiding some things and emphasizing other things:

  • He was known to slant reports, writing what his boss wanted to hear.

• 4 someone’s opinion about a subject that is expressed by ignoring or hiding some information and emphasizing other information:

  • He put his own liberal slant on the general’s writings.

• 5 a position that is leaning or sloping:

  • Most ocean beaches are on a slant.