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angle

/ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/noun, verb2 syllables

Angle means: to incline or bend from a vertical position.

Synonyms for angle15

noun, as in a biased way of looking at or presenting something

slant

verb, as in to incline or bend from a vertical position

lean, tilt, tip, slant

verb, as in present with a bias

slant, weight

verb, as in seek indirectly

fish

also used for angle

swerve, opinion, perspective, point of view, view, viewpoint, -gon, corner, nook

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What does angle mean?8

verb

1

to incline or bend from a vertical position“She leaned over the banister”

2

present with a bias“He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders”

3

seek indirectly“fish for compliments”

4

move or proceed at an angle“he angled his way into the room”

5

fish with a hook

noun

1

a biased way of looking at or presenting something

2

a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

3

the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with angle?2

two syllables

tanglestrangle
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Angle in a sentence

  • Sometimes, things are more beautiful when you look at them from a different angle.Dorenda
  • According to this figure, the reflection angle equals the incidence angle.marcelostockle
  • If a triangle has two right angles, it's a square missing one side.AlanF_US
  • A triangle has three angles, and a hexagon has six angles.Ooneykcall
  • You can use a protractor to find the angle.jan_Ketalija
  • Let's approach this problem from a different angle.sundown
  • We're not looking at it from the right angle.ajje
  • Everyone views the world from their own angle.Nuel

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of angle

as a noun

plural
angles

as a verb

past tense
angled
present participle
angling
third-person singular
angles
past participle
angled