angle1 nounangle2 verb
anglean‧gle1 /ˈæŋɡəl/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINangle1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French, Latin angulusEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a 45-degree angle
- Advertisers need to find the right angle to make their product appeal to consumers.
- I avoided the angle of the coffee table in the darkened room.
- The article gives the reader a fresh angle on pop culture.
- They wanted an ordinary worker's angle on the new system.
- Thompson says his committee has looked at the problem from every possible angle.
- At this angle, in the uncertain light, he resembled an eighty-year-old man, wide-eyed with fear.
- First, the meteorites crossed the dome traveling at an angle of only twenty-seven degrees to the horizon.
- He made the decision to lessen the angle of impact by closing the throttle, applying hard up elevator and full right rudder.
- One hip shifted her weight to that side, and suddenly every angle softly flowed into another.
- The Chesterfield, on to which he was ready to drop, was no longer at its usual, comfortable angle to the television.
- The latter alters the angle of the front roller, to prevent the best running off centre.
- The slightly sweet fruit has five angles and when sliced, the pieces are shaped like stars.
- This is the so-called imaginary direction of time, at right angles to real time.
Longman Language Activatoran opinion that is influenced by the situation you are in
what you think about something, especially when this is influenced by the situation you are in: · People seemed afraid to express a point of view that was different from the government's.· If Allen had ever been the victim of a crime, he might have a slightly different point of view.from somebody's point of view: · The story is told from the daughter's point of view.· From a farmer's point of view, foxes are a nuisance.listen to somebody's point of view: · She's always ready to listen to other people's point of view.
a particular way of thinking about a problem or subject: · We need to seriously consider all the different viewpoints on the issue.from a historical/feminist/democratic etc viewpoint: · The book looks at the Royal family from a sociological and historical viewpoint.from the viewpoint of somebody: · The TV series examines childhood from the viewpoints of twelve different families.
a particular way of thinking about something, especially of someone who is involved in a situation or who has to make a professional judgment about it: from somebody's standpoint: · From the teacher's standpoint, the new tests just mean more work.from a financial/political/literary etc standpoint: · His books have sold in the millions, but from a literary standpoint they aren't really very good.
one of a number of ways of thinking about something that should be considered when dealing with a particular problem or subject: · Advertisers need to find the right angle to make their product appeal to consumers.· The article gives the reader a fresh angle on pop culture.look at/view/examine etc something from an angle: · Thompson says his committee has looked at the problem from every possible angle.angle on: · They wanted an ordinary worker's angle on the new system.
a way of thinking about something which is influenced by the kind of person you are or by things that have happened to you: · You believe him, but you've only heard his perspective.· Different people bring different perspectives and values to the workplace.from somebody's perspective: · Feminists say that the book was written from a male perspective.perspective on: · A prisoner has a different perspective on prison life than a guard.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
We’re approaching the issue from many different angles. Look at every angle of the situation. This drawing of the monastery was done from an unusual angle. Some of the pictures have strange camera angles. The sign leaned over at a slight angle.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
We’re approaching the issue from many different angles. Look at every angle of the situation. This drawing of the monastery was done from an unusual angle. Some of the pictures have strange camera angles. The sign leaned over at a slight angle. Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.· The oral shield is approximately rounded triangular, often with an acute proximal angle and a distal projection.· The ventral arm plates are pentagonal with an acute proximal angle, a slightly indented distal edge, and separated from one another.· Nor do they branch off at acute angles or form perfect oblongs.· Has more yellow on bill than smaller Bewick's Swan, reaching below nostril at an acute angle.· You must have the ability to turn at acute angles at speed and you must be able to stretch and bend.· The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped with an acute proximal angle and separated.
· His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle.
· In essence problem solving presents a new and challenging angle on a site or feature.· Funds will be expended to explore the situation from a number of new angles.· She changed it, sharpened it, honed it, every night a new angle, a fresh thought.· Twice she got caught in the reeds and had to back off and pick out a new angle of approach.· The learner may view the problem from a new angle and introduce fresh ideas for consideration.· Looked at from this new angle, the smears were only smears.· Approach this murder from some new angles.· The new angle is sitting in front of a client who specifies we maintain six choices right to the end of service.
· After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle.· You can make it look two or three times thicker that way, by cutting on a really oblique angle.· Coastal Refraction alters the bearings, particularly when bearings are at an oblique angle to the coastline. 6.· One is to enter a drama at an oblique angle to the main issue.
· The ventral arm plates are wider than long, pentagonal with an obtuse proximal angle and a slightly convex distal edge.· The oral shield is rhombic but often with an obtuse proximal angle and a convex distal edge.· The distal ventral arm plates are more pentagonal with an obtuse proximal angle and a wide convex distal edge.· We shall never know because the obtuse camera angle, from midwicket, provided insufficient evidence.
· And a couple of Action Man dolls in uniform, their limbs splayed at odd angles.· Like Los Alamos, it was cradled by mountains and hastily built in order to win a war from an odd angle.· His head, she realised was at an odd angle.· Fun-house reflections: deformations and odd angles.· The streets went off at odd angles.· There are small patches with the emblems of sports cars sewn at odd, playful angles on the front.· His feet turned capricious, slipping off at odd angles.· As the building went up, the cross-section changed: the floors became smaller, with more odd angles and corners.
· There was Philippa Mannering looking avid in a beautifully cut check suit and a brown beret at a rakish angle.· But some were written at rakish angles.· A black, felt bowler sits on his head, tilted slightly forward at a rakish angle.
· Hold the bag at right angles to the surface to be iced, with the nozzle a fraction away.· Quarters are the halves cut crosswise at almost right angles to the backbone. 7.· The cleavage planes are at right angles to one another.· If it is at right angles to the duct, it is closed.· To repair the defect, first use a sharp knife to make two cuts at right angles across the blister.· For rails that meet at right angles, the cut should be 45 degrees.· But the imaginary time direction is at right angles to real time.· From the low ceiling hung large, black metal frames with little pear-shaped leather bags and black metal pipes at right angles.
· When the latter were realigned or made anew they often met the earlier roads at a sharp angle on the parish boundaries.· Before long he was huffing and puffing, his dark neck thrust out at a sharp angle.
· A slight change of angle and a full wing shape becomes distorted into a thin one.· His wig was now at a slight angle.· Christabel's tombstone leaned over at a slight angle.· Both chairs are placed securely, with the free chair at a slight angle to where the patient is sitting.· She went about with her head at a slight angle and her eyes permanently narrowed, to avoid the smoke.
· Sometimes it can be a steeper angle than somewhere else.· Within that band the kite will move from steep to shallow angles against the oncoming wind.· The second bullet was fired from close to where Doyle was lying, and at a very steep angle.· He had a beard and his forehead sloped back at a steep angle.· In distinctive display flight flaps upwards at a steep angle and then glides down with wings scarcely upraised.· In two species examined the crystals lie parallel to the surface and in another two they lie at a steep angle.
· They form the links, at various angles to their neighbours, of a continuous chain.· Have the students observe the light from various angles and tell what they see.· They should enter into those ideas, and see them from various angles.· Add the remainder of the milk and again have the students observe the bowl from various angles.· Only the one chosen background material has been used but it has been presented at various distances and angles.· It is as if the painter had moved freely around his subject, gathering information from various angles and viewpoints.· The objectives were to obtain some feeling for this environment, and also to compare the readings at various angles of view.· Media Studies investigates this world from various angles, eg historical, economic and sociological.
· It is also, merely, the story of a pop group but viewed through a wide angle lens.· As you see, the light was spread out uniformly over a wide angle.· Nikon for instance produce a telephoto lens, several wide angle lenses and a fish-eye for their range of models.· The early studies were wide angle studies of impressions of the Course, based around questionnaires and structured interviews.
NOUN· Fix the batten in place with angle brackets, then attach the blind with touch-and-close fastener.· A simple solution is to use small angle brackets which support the tile but are not actually fixed to it.
· This creates a rather spooky atmosphere and because of the many camera angles gives the impression that you are being watched.· A low camera angle can make a slight anchor look imposing.· Some of the pictures have silly camera angles because Oliver was fooling around.· The courts and arena settings are beautiful, with smooth camera angles and timely commentary.· We shall never know because the obtuse camera angle, from midwicket, provided insufficient evidence.· Filmgoers, unfortunately, are subjected to the unnecessary trauma of seeing the brutal crime depicted from arty camera angles.· The discs accommodate eight language tracks, 32 subtitle tracks and provisions for alternate endings and multiple camera angles.
VERB· His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle.· One platoon splits off and marches toward the crowd, their bayoneted rifles set at a 45-degree angle.· These teeth are also shorter and set at a different angle from the other teeth.· If the two filters are set at identical angles, then the two photons always behave identically.· It contains a fluorescent tube and can be set at different angles and at varying distances from the working surface.· Be sure your chair is comfortable and your computer screen set at an appropriate angle.· The tips can be set at three reduced angles from neutral, but only one increased angle.· Firstly the side rail joints are set out at an angle as the seat increases in width towards the front.
· As the backswing progresses, the shoulders turn around the spine angle which is pre-set at the address position.· You must have the ability to turn at acute angles at speed and you must be able to stretch and bend.· He turned randomly at right angles, and set off at a lolloping run.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1the space between two straight lines or surfaces that join each other, measured in degreesan angle of something- The portrait was hanging at an slight angle.
- He was sitting at an angle which allowed him to watch the door.
- Inch by inch we tilted the cabin on its side until it leaned at an angle.
- Papers are missing from each and the sheets inside have been turned back to front, and at angles.
- Planes of soap solution have the property that only three can intersect along an edge at an angle between them of 120°.
- She draws a man in a tuxedo, places him at an angle on the page.
- They stood at angles, not quite facing each other.
- This could result in the blind and pleats falling at an angle to the window.
- We took the left-hand cut, which runs into the Thames at an angle.
- After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle.
- Coastal Refraction alters the bearings, particularly when bearings are at an oblique angle to the coastline. 6.
- One is to enter a drama at an oblique angle to the main issue.
- You can make it look two or three times thicker that way, by cutting on a really oblique angle.
- A black, felt bowler sits on his head, tilted slightly forward at a rakish angle.
- But some were written at rakish angles.
- There was Philippa Mannering looking avid in a beautifully cut check suit and a brown beret at a rakish angle.
- The aisles intersect at right angles to form the shape of a cross.
an angle of 45°angle of the angles of a triangle You didn’t measure the angle accurately.angle between the angle between walls and ceiling → right angle2a way of considering a problem or situation: We’re approaching the issue from many different angles. Look at every angle of the situation.angle to There’s another angle to this question.3a position from which you look at something or photograph itfrom a ... angle This drawing of the monastery was done from an unusual angle. Some of the pictures have strange camera angles.4at an angle leaning to one side and not straight or upright: The portrait was hanging at an angle.at a slight/steep angle The sign leaned over at a slight angle.5the shape formed when two lines or surfaces joinangle of My head struck the angle of the shelf.angle1 nounangle2 verb
angleangle2 verb [transitive] WORD ORIGINangle2
Origin:
1700-1800 ➔ ANGLE1 angle for 1400-1500 From angle ‘fishhook’ (11-19 centuries), from Old English angelVERB TABLE
angle
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | angle |
| he, she, it | angles | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | angled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have angled |
| he, she, it | has angled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had angled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will angle |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have angled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am angling |
| he, she, it | is angling | |
| you, we, they | are angling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was angling |
| you, we, they | were angling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been angling |
| he, she, it | has been angling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been angling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be angling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been angling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Angle your forearms slightly downward.
- The mirror was angled to reflect light from a window.
- A bare bamboo washing-pole, angled like the bowsprit of a yacht, projects above the street.
- A black leather swivel chair was angled to face in the direction of the television.
- It's not fancy-just nine stools angled around the kitchen, plastic utensils and paper plates.
- The content of the release Does the release need to be angled differently for the different sections of the list?
- The police launch slowed at the harbor entrance, then angled toward the Sham Shui Po wharf.
- The way you angle your feet determines the posture of the lower body.
- Ward was angling across the slope above to cut him off.
Longman Language Activatorto try to get a job, position, prize etc
to try to get something you want very much, for example a job, a prize, or a chance to study somewhere: · Why don't you try for this job as an Assistant Scientific Officer?· I've decided to try for Harvard University.
to try to get something you want very much, especially something that is difficult to achieve, such as a prize or a high position: · Why don't you go for a music scholarship?· Are you going to go for the senior manager's job?
American to try to get chosen for a sports team or for a part in a play: · Joan tried out for the school basketball team.· I'm not going to bother trying out for the play - I know I'm not good enough!
to try to make someone give you something or say something good about you without asking them directly: · He was talking to Helen, angling for an invitation to her next party.· She asked us how she looked, obviously angling for a compliment.
to try to get an important job or a position of power - used mainly in newspapers: · The party now feels the time is right to make a bid for power.make a successful/unsuccessful bid for something: · Mr Meaney made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency two years ago.
American informal to try to get an important job or achieve something very difficult: · There are five Democrat candidates shooting for president this year.· Management is shooting for a 40% increase in productivity over six months.· I think you should go for it - shoot for the top!
to make a lot of effort over a long period to get something that is very important to you, but that is very difficult to get: · The people are still struggling for liberation from a brutal, oppressive regime.· Many small businesses are struggling for survival in this difficult economic climate.· He struggled for the right words to say.
to put all your energy and determination into trying to get or win something: go all out for: · The German team will be going all out for a win in next Saturday's game.go all out to do something: · We're going all out to make our sales target this year.
to try to get a part in a play, concert, film etc by performing to a group of people who will judge whether or not you are suitable for it: audition for: · She met her husband when she auditioned for the part of Ophelia in an all-black production of "Hamlet".
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.
Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to move or place something so that it is not straight or upright: - After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle.
- Coastal Refraction alters the bearings, particularly when bearings are at an oblique angle to the coastline. 6.
- One is to enter a drama at an oblique angle to the main issue.
- You can make it look two or three times thicker that way, by cutting on a really oblique angle.
- A black, felt bowler sits on his head, tilted slightly forward at a rakish angle.
- But some were written at rakish angles.
- There was Philippa Mannering looking avid in a beautifully cut check suit and a brown beret at a rakish angle.
- The aisles intersect at right angles to form the shape of a cross.
a mirror angled to reflect light from a window Philip angled his chair towards the door.2to present information from a particular point of view or for a specific group of people: The book is angled towards a business audience.angle for something phrasal verb to try to get something you want without asking directly for it: She was obviously angling for an invitation. I didn’t want him to think I was just angling for sympathy.