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- Dictionaryslanted/ˈslɑːntɪd/
adjective
- 1. sloping or leaning in a particular direction: "a slanted roof"
- 2. (of information) presented or viewed from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way: "the newspaper's slanted coverage could be seen in its use of emotive language"
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SLANTED definition: 1. sloping in one direction 2. showing information about one person, one side of an argument, etc…. Learn more.
SLANT definition: 1. to (cause to) lean in a position that is not vertical; to (cause to) slope: 2. to present…. Learn more.
A sloping thing or piece of ground. 2. Printing A virgule. 3. a. A personal point of view or opinion: an article with an unconventional slant. b. A bias: an anti-religious slant. 4. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.
A slant is a line or plane that is not horizontally or vertically straight. Often it is on a diagonal as with /. Figuratively, to slant is to have or be biased, as in My mother was always slanted toward my father’s opinion. To slant is also to distort information to reflect a specific viewpoint and misstate facts.
1. : a slanting direction, line, or plane : slope. 2. a. : something that slants. b. : slash sense 4.
slanted. Things that are slanted have a sharp angle or slope. You might admire the way the morning sun glints against the slanted metal roof of your barn. A skateboard ramp is slanted, and so is the entire side of an A-frame house. When something is angled in a slant or diagonal, it's slanted.
slanted (towards somebody/something) tending to be in favour of one person or thing in a way that may be unfair to others. a slanted view of events; See slanted in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Something that slants is sloping, rather than horizontal or vertical. The morning sun slanted through the glass roof. [VERB adverb/preposition] Battered pine floors slanted down to a Georgian window. [VERB adverb/preposition] ...slanting green eyes. [VERB -ing] Synonyms: slope, incline, tilt, list More Synonyms of slant. 2. singular noun.
To slant is to tilt or slope sharply to one side. Many streets in San Francisco are so steep that they slant dramatically upward.
Definition of slant verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
