corner1 nouncorner2 verb
cornercor‧ner1 /ˈkɔːnə $ ˈkɔːrnər/ ●●● S1 W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINcorner1
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French cornere, from corne ‘horn, corner’, from Latin cornu ‘horn, point’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- She picked the tablecloth up by the corners and folded it neatly.
- You have some mustard on the left corner of your mouth.
- A large emerald ring flashed a spot of light into a dark corner of the room.
- But even more of a reprieve was lurking round the corner.
- However, Gav's biggest collar is just around the corner.
- In the corner of his eye he saw the other men on their stools lift their heads.
- In the corners of the room there were vases filled with flowers.
- Keep forward alongside wall on left and then alongside fence on left to gate in corner.
Longman Language Activatoreasy to get to
if a place is within walking distance , it is not far away, and you can walk there easily: · There are several good restaurants within walking distance.within walking/driving etc distance of: · Dr Goldthorpe lived within walking distance of the University.within easy walking etc distance (of something): · Fortunately the house that we were renting was within easy driving distance of the shops.
near enough to a town or place for you to get there without too much difficulty: within reach of: · It was just lucky that we were within reach of a hospital.within easy reach (=near enough to get to easily): · Around Salzburg there are literally dozens of exciting places to visit -- all within easy reach.
British also convenient to something American if your home, office etc is convenient for or handy for a particular place, that place is near it and easy to reach: · The place where we live now is very convenient for the school - it's only a couple of minutes on foot.· My husband works in London so we're looking for a house that's handy for the station. · We found an apartment convenient to campus and public transportation.
also round the corner British not far away, especially in the streets of a town: · "Is there a bank near here?" "Sure, it's just around the corner."· She won't be long, she's only gone round the corner.around the corner from: · We met in a bar just around the corner from my apartment.
if a building or person is close at hand , they are very near and therefore available in case you need them: · The Exhibition Centre is a great day out, with plenty of parking and all the attractions of Manchester close at hand.· I'm very glad that, when my children were small, my mother was always close at hand.
if you say it's no distance , you mean that a place is not far away and is therefore easy to get to: · We come up here regularly from London; it's no distance. it's no distance from: · It's no distance from here to Fifth Avenue. We can easily walk it.
if one place is a stone's throw from another place, it is only a very short distance from it, so that it is easy to get to: · I was born in Wembley, a stone's throw from the football stadium!only a stone's throw from something: · Stanford Hospital is only a stone's throw from where I live.within a stone's throw of something: · The river's within a stone's throw of our apartment - we can see it from the window.
to be in a very difficult situation informal to be in a difficult situation and not know what to do: · The team's owner is in a fix - he's spent a lot to improve the stadium, but ticket sales are still declining.· Wyck's business consists of helping, for a fee, computer owners who are in a technical fix.
to be in a very difficult or dangerous situation, when there is very little you can do to get out of it: · A mobile phone lets you reach help when you're in a tight spot.· O'Neill had been in tight corners before, but never as tight as this one.put somebody in a tight spot (=give someone a difficult problem): · Losing his job put them in a tight spot financially.
to have so many problems that there is not much hope that things will get better, especially as a result of past mistakes: · The previous manager had left the restaurant's affairs in a terrible mess.get into a mess: · How did you manage to get into this mess in the first place?somebody's life is a mess (=they have a lot of problems and seem unable to deal with them): · Her boyfriend left her and she lost her job - her life is just a mess at the moment.
to be in a difficult situation because whatever you do, you are likely to offend someone or make things worse: · I was in a difficult position, as I was being asked to confront a man who had much more power than I did.put somebody in a difficult/awkward position: · Clara was angry at Harry for putting her in such an awkward position.
to be in an extremely difficult situation, because whatever you do there will certainly be serious trouble: · I'm in an impossible position -- if I criticize him he may resign, but if I don't he'll end up ruining the whole project.put somebody in an impossible position: · By bringing his objections out into the open, the Chancellor has put the Prime Minister in an impossible position.
to be in a very difficult situation and not be able to decide what is the best thing for you to do: · I was in a quandary - I didn't know whether to tell the police or not.· The government has got itself into a quandary over the new tax -- if they abandon it they will be seen as weak, if they keep it they will be very unpopular.
to have very serious problems, especially financial ones, which could have very serious results: · The company is in dire financial straits.· The team is in such dire straits they've even considered selling their three best players.
spoken say this when you have had a series of problems and you feel that these problems will never end: · It's been one thing after another since I started renting out the place to students.· It's one thing after another with that stupid photocopier! What's wrong with it now?
to be going to happen soon spoken · I'm pretty busy right now -- I have exams coming up next week.· With Christmas coming up, we didn't have much spare money.
if something that you are hoping for is in sight , you think it will probably happen soon: · A solution to the problem now seems in sight.be nowhere in sight (=not likely to happen soon): · The end of the economic nightmare is still nowhere in sight.
also be round the corner British if something is around the corner , it might happen very soon but you cannot be completely sure: · In life, you never quite know what's around the corner.· He continues to hint that the end of his playing career may be round the corner.be just around the corner: · They keep telling us that better economic times are just around the corner.
to be likely to happen soon, although you do not know exactly when: · Appeals are common when a general election is in the offing.· According to the company, these deals had been in the offing for some time.
something that is imminent , especially something important, unpleasant, or dangerous, is likely to happen very soon: · Soon it became clear to everyone that war was imminent.· With the election imminent, Churchill returned to London.· Some of the buildings were in a state of imminent collapse.imminent danger: · The child was in imminent danger of falling into the water.
a forthcoming event has been planned to happen soon: · Dixon was convinced he could win the forthcoming election.· The matter will be discussed at the forthcoming general meeting.· Forthcoming attractions include a magician and a quiz competition.
American an upcoming event, especially a political event, has been planned to happen: · The space program will be reviewed during the upcoming congressional session.· He was preparing the federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
WORD SETSassociation football, nounbook, verbbooking, nouncentre, nouncorner, nounextra time, nounFC, footballer, nounfootie, nounfree kick, nounfullback, nounhalf, nounhandball, nounhead, verbheader, nounkick, nounleg, nounmidfield, nounpenalty, nounpenalty area, nounpenalty kick, nounpenalty shoot-out, nounred card, nounrush, verbsoccer, nounstriker, nounsweeper, nounthrow-in, nountransfer list, nounyellow card, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1adjectives
She ran around the corner and straight into the arms of John Delaney. expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe people flying to far-flung destinations a free kick near the corner flag (=flag on a football pitch) Anthony met her in the bar, and they found a quiet corner where they could talk. the bottom right-hand corner of the page I watched the two boys disappear round the corner. I watched until he turned the corner.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The ball flew straight into the top corner of the net.
· We followed the path to the left-hand corner of the field.
· Put your address in the top right-hand corner of the page.
· I was staying in the southwest corner of the island.
· Each team was based in one of the four corners of the pool.
(=furthest from where you are)· Something was moving in the far right corner of the garden.
· He sat on his own in a quiet corner of the library.
(=protected from the sun – used about outdoor places)· Plant the herbs in a shady corner of the garden.
Meaning 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + corner (=very curved and difficult to drive around)· Go slowly because there’s a sharp corner up ahead.
(=one that you cannot see around)· The car had come speeding around a blind corner much too fast.
· There’s a newspaper shop on the street corner.
verbs (=go around a corner)· I walked on and turned the corner into Church Road.
· At that moment, a police car came around the corner.
(=come around it)· A tall good-looking man rounded the corner.
(=go around a corner in a car)· He took the corner too fast and crashed into a tree.
· We watched the two boys disappear around the corner.
(=not go all around the edge of a corner)· I crashed into a motorcyclist who had cut the corner.
· She stood on the corner saying goodnight to Michael.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She ran around the corner and straight into the arms of John Delaney.· Look at the bottom left-hand corner of your screen.
expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe people flying to far-flung destinations a free kick near the corner flag (=flag on a football pitch)· A smile lifted the corners of her mouth.
Anthony met her in the bar, and they found a quiet corner where they could talk. the bottom right-hand corner of the page I watched the two boys disappear round the corner. (=a place where streets meet)· Youths were standing around on street corners.
I watched until he turned the corner.· The climb lies on a wall just above the east descent route in the back corner of the quarry.· Tucked into the back corner of the space is the center's resource library and activity area.· Drab-olive military packages of emergency rations and water are tucked into a back corner of the sphere.· You can further reduce the boxy look of the tank by disguising the inside back corners with decor material.· The great men held the room in their gaze, even the back corner by the windows.· Perhaps Gladys would join the group of Leicester ladies who were fluttering with anticipation in the back corner.· Three days later the Largemouth pair spawned, over a flat slate at the back corner.
· Harte fired the ball into the bottom corner before heading for the corner flag to celebrate.· Fold the phyllo, in flag fashion, from the left bottom corner up and over the filling to enclose the spinach.· The cargo's ultimate destination had been printed neatly in black pen in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.· Maybe with a dollar sign embossed near the bottom corner.· Are the bottom corners bruised and in need of building up?· Hidden on the bottom corner stands an old black and white pub, backing on to the river.· Wrap the bottom corner with a couple of layers of masking tape to prevent the scraper from cutting the device.· At the bottom left corner, I have drawn a simple two-colour pattern as shown in Figure 3.
· No voices gibbered at him from dark corners.· A large emerald ring flashed a spot of light into a dark corner of the room.· White illuminates dark corners and enmasse provides a still breathing space among more lively shades.· The pubs were full of people fighting, and big, evil-looking men stood in doorways or at dark corners.· Raoul looked everywhere - under the chairs, behind all the clothes, in all the dark corners of the room.· I cried on reading that, quietly, in a dark corner of our hall.· The passenger was sitting in a dark corner and I could not see his face.
· In the far corner a half-opened door led to a bedroom.· In the far corner was a sagging bed and a cupboard.· What if they'd parked their planes in a far corner?· Another time, a photographer had ventured on to the reef that rose up from the sea at the far corner.· His eye fell on a set of chessmen ranged on a table in a far corner.· There were a couple of drinkers in the far corner, but no one noticed me.· But then, in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle.· Klift pointed to the far corner.
· Bear left, across the field to a gate in the opposite left hand corner by a copse.· The ball clanked off the rim and toward the left corner.· The majority of single brooches examined were found to be more abraded on the top left corner than the top right.· In the first half of the game I had the feeling again when I was in the left corner with the ball.· A slightly larger percentage of pairs of brooches were more abraded on the top right than the top left corner.· Fold the phyllo, in flag fashion, from the left bottom corner up and over the filling to enclose the spinach.· Go left to the corner of Bere Wood.· McSorley obliged, first propping the poor-skating outfielder up in the left corner, then checking him into the boards.
· Anthony took him to the Pugin bar where they found a quiet corner protected from the worst of the Pugin wallpaper.· Feels and I lunched together in a quiet corner of the mess.· Here in this quiet corner of Co.· Alvin would go off to a quiet corner with Shook and talk endlessly about art, literature and his current projects.· In a quiet corner there were already a dozen corpses covered by blankets.· I was just looking for a quiet corner.· It had clearly passed by the inhabitants of this quiet corner of Picardy.· I only wish my dentist were located in a quiet corner of a Wells Fargo branch.
· In the right hand corner is a small gate.· Rookie forward Marco Sturm fed Gill, who found the upper right corner of the goal from the left circle.· He glanced the ball over Flowers head into the right corner of the net.· It looks like the Steelers will keep him at right corner for the rest of the season, and perhaps beyond.· The file was a standard office file with a Prior, Keen, Baldwin label stuck in the top right corner.· There will be a little clock in the lower right hand corner that will tick down.· The striker took the ball in his stride and powered it into the top right hand corner from 25 yards.· Hicks smiled at her absently, forgetting that his smile was missing its upper right corner.
· However, the cover is very easily removed if you need to get into a tight corner.· The drivers roared round tight corners and skilfully navigated a twisty, bendy and muddy course.· We fitted a thinner section scroll saw blade to test the cutting ability on tight curves and corners.· They get the argument out of a tight corner, and make for a less fatalistic scenario.· However, employers could find themselves in a tight corner if they attempted to increase employee contributions or reduce benefits.· The plate can be moved from side to side and backwards for tight corners.· The moment he emerged on to a flat stretch of road after negotiating a particularly tight corner the explanation was obvious.· It was a typical women's downhill course: relatively low-speed, but extremely technical with tight corners.
· Then midfielder John Collins hit an unstoppable 20-yarder into a top corner.· You will now appear in the top, righthand corner of the playing area.· The file was a standard office file with a Prior, Keen, Baldwin label stuck in the top right corner.· A slightly larger percentage of pairs of brooches were more abraded on the top right than the top left corner.· Falconer's header from a Hendrie cross was going towards the top corner until Schmeichel flung himself across goal.· He was watching a spider in the top far corner of his room.· He blasted it and it went in a straight line from his foot to the top right hand corner.· The letter bore a case number and stamp in the top right corner and started with the recipient's name.
NOUN· Harte fired the ball into the bottom corner before heading for the corner flag to celebrate.· Dyer was almost over for a try but put a foot in touch at the corner flag spoiled the effort.· With 17 minutes remaining the right-back Mario Melchiot was fouled by Ian Taylor near the left-hand corner flag.· Then winger Crawford Dobbin ran half the length of the pitch for the final score at the corner flag.· It was Harlequins who opened the scoring ... Mike Wedderburn taking the scenic route to the corner flag.· Then Goodman scored a soft goal with his head for a free kick near the corner flag.
· At 5 or 6 years ò Trust them to go to the corner shop to buy milk or a paper.· Proactive job search Perhaps as a child you were sent with a list to the corner shop.· In Burnley Wood, a mob of white youths surrounded Amit Stores, a corner shop near the working men's club.· The residents go to the pub, the local corner shop, the club and they go and play bingo.· Here he is with his hands full after a buying spree in a corner shop.· Small corner shops shut as she approached them.· Willie recognized Mr Miller from the corner shop and the young man behind the mesh in the Post Office.· Neville looked thoughtfully up the road towards the corner shop.
· She was only dimly aware of the approach of the two boys who were walking swiftly from the street corner.· She says that most desirable street corners already have one or more of the two chains.· He paused at a street corner and tried to come to a decision.· Towards the street corner a single papier-maché dragon bobbed in the centre of a circle of dancing men.· Towering television screens on street corners relayed the proceedings to crowds unable to see Clinton directly.· Complaints Police have received scores of complaints about dealers openly plying their trade in front of small children on street corners.· He focused on older kids, because he saw too many of them on street corners getting into trouble.
· A few minutes later we were seated at a corner table in the small bistro which I had known for several years.· Madonna shared a corner table with Evans and Rossellini for a while before retreating to the bar area.· We had managed to squash ourselves into a corner table with two pints of strong winter-warmer beer.· And there, at a corner table, sitting with an elderly woman and a younger man, was the legendary caddie.· The six people at a corner table were well known to the proprietor, who saw them regularly in the winter months.· We took a corner table and sat down.· Roquelaure was recognised instantly by the head waiter who took them straight to a reserved corner table.· It was a corner table for four so there was only room for Walter.
VERB· They hadn't learned to cut quite so many corners.· No one will care if the administration cuts logical corners over so-called rogue states or fading dictators.· Operators who cut corners will get a licence for only 12 years.· Therefore I manage it judiciously, trying to cut every corner that I can.· But still we cut no corners.· He cut a lot of corners, but even with editing, it affected her.· We were all turning gently to port as I cut the corner and was slowly closing on the Hun.· Leese turned harder left and cut the corner of the turn that Shaker had taken, wagging the tail again.
· He had nobody back in Langley who would be willing to fight his corner.· Jen fought her corner fiercely but Helen knew that she was winning.· But each is fighting its national corner too.· She always said he should have stayed to fight his corner.· Sara Keays has continued to fight her corner.
· I don't want to threaten you but you've forced me into a corner.· You were determined to force me into a corner.· East forced two short corners which proved fruitless and likewise Antrim had a similar fate.· From the kick-off, Bordon forced a corner which was cleared only as far as Duffin who volleyed in from 15 yards.· This brought Saints out of their shell and they forced a series of corners that a scrambling Celtic only just survived.· As better adapted successors emerge, others are forced into a corner.· Mindful of their situation they began well, forcing a first minute corner and pressing strongly.· Leeds enjoyed abundant possession last Saturday, and forced 16 corners to their opponents' one.
· His cheek was cut and a faint dribble of blood ran towards the corner of his mouth.· With an expletive or two, Bianchi and Leahy ran to the corner to see where the leak was.· Charley came running round the corner.· Ezra slipped out the door and ran around the corner for the phone booth.· Then the two of them ran round the corner as fast as they could.· Horne, 73, ran a corner gas station.· Two of his front teeth had been knocked out and blood was running from the corner of his mouth.· He ran round the corner of the house.
· Possibly ... Herrmann and Prinz sat at the corner dining-table and ordered.· The children sat in their corner of the back room and grumbled over their grasshoppers.· All he could do was sit in the corner of his cage, hoping it would all end.· Perhaps the child sits alone in a corner of the playground while other children scream and laugh together.· It had been quite crowded, but she had sat quietly in the corner with a drink.· A yucca tree sat in the corner.· Vargas sat in the corner drinking coffee and reading a newspaper.· Miss Minna, her legs crossed, sat on a corner sofa.
· Then a stranger, who had been sitting unseen round the corner, came up to them.· As she walked into the Percy Bar the sight of her youngest son sitting in the corner raised Constance's spirits.· Cantor had been sitting in one corner, legs casually crossed, one arm thrown over the back of the sofa.· The occupant of the room was sitting in one corner.· Outsize hands loose on a knee. where did she find him, this no-account sitting in the corner?· One of the rats is just sitting in the corner and I wonder if maybe it's smart enough to be depressed.
· Soldiers stand guard on street corners and roam the city at night.· Holloway went over there to stand on the corner.· He was standing in the corner, his back against the wall. ` I need a little time.· A group of people stood on the corner, staring at his car.· It stood in the corner of a small field, larger and more impressive than any I'd yet seen.· He would stand on the corner and chat with those passing by.· Freddie stood on the corner of the turning as lookout for Tommy Green the street bookmaker.· The Derby Tonelli grocery store of my mind could have stood around the corner from my house.
· Woolley turned a corner and saw Colonel Hawthorn instructing Corporal Hemsley in the about-turn.· The piglet made short little satisfied grunts and turned ever sharper corners.· Now I have stairs which actually turn the corner into a splendid hall.· The pickups passed slowly to the other end of town, throwing distance, then turned a corner.· Readers became familiar with their Doppelgangers, as if they had turned a corner and unexpectedly confronted themselves in a mirror.· It was exactly the sort of truth one discovers by turning a corner and colliding with a stranger.· We were turning the corner into their road.· But now it has turned the corner, having made about $ 23 million for fiscal 1995.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► fight your corner/fight somebody’s cornerPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► If I should die, think only this of me:/That there’s some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England
1where two lines/edges meet [countable] the point at which two lines or edges meet: - Around the corner, their classmates practiced pulling small-fry violin bows across squeaky strings.
- I rounded the corner, then stopped, waited a moment and peeked back into the lobby.
- Rats gnawed on black infants' feet, while money was used to build new police stations around the corner.
- She might think we're just around the corner and that we're not coming to see her.
- She peered round the corner of the house.
- She was around the corner, talking to Hoffmann.
- The Derby Tonelli grocery store of my mind could have stood around the corner from my house.
- There was always something around the corner if you didn't lose your head.
- A superior actor might have turned the corner on this film.
- He faced Main Street, where a black hearse turned the corner.
- He turned the corner toward home and heard the familiar, booming bark from the garage.
- I ran on down the road and when I turned the corner I was at the shops.
- I thought by January we would turn the corner.
- I watched him until he turned the corner.
- Their car had hardly turned the corner when the mob arrived and smashed the house to pieces.
- Willie caught sight of them as he turned the corner.
- One airline was accused of cutting corners on safety.
- The agency accused the airline of cutting corners on safety.
- I want something deeper than the stuff you usually do for me, so don't look for ways to cut corners.
- If I cut corners, I have something left on Saturday to go shopping with.
- If it's rough, the manufacturer has cut corners by not sealing the back edge.
- Men working on the site complained of pressure to cut corners to save time on the delayed project.
- Operators who cut corners will get a licence for only 12 years.
- People cut corners, creating new tracks and damaging the land.
- If we cut the corner too tight, the trailer will hit the fence.
- I want something deeper than the stuff you usually do for me, so don't look for ways to cut corners.
- If I cut corners, I have something left on Saturday to go shopping with.
- If it's rough, the manufacturer has cut corners by not sealing the back edge.
- Men working on the site complained of pressure to cut corners to save time on the delayed project.
- Operators who cut corners will get a licence for only 12 years.
- People cut corners, creating new tracks and damaging the land.
- Any other old drunk would have got a corner on the fourth page.
- Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a man running out of the store.
- A combination of blind bends, and high speed frustrations has created a string of accident black spots.
- Miss Defy screeched around a blind bend into the path of an oncoming sedan.
- The lanes twisted across the spine of land in a series of blind corners and Miranda took each one without changing down.
- I want something deeper than the stuff you usually do for me, so don't look for ways to cut corners.
- If I cut corners, I have something left on Saturday to go shopping with.
- If it's rough, the manufacturer has cut corners by not sealing the back edge.
- Men working on the site complained of pressure to cut corners to save time on the delayed project.
- Operators who cut corners will get a licence for only 12 years.
- People cut corners, creating new tracks and damaging the land.
- At the far end of the house, where her voice had faded, he heard a faucet going on.
- Getting into the precarious cable car, the ebullient engineer had himself hauled to the far side and back again.
- He caught a last glimpse of a grey Mercedes on the far side of the central barrier railings.
- Just then, he saw some one walk out of the trees which bordered the far side of the pasture.
- The Ocean-Warming Piglet Long ago, on the far side of our planet, there lived a farmer named Li-pin.
- The one bed that was occupied was at the far end of the ward.
- The young man at the far end of the loom glanced at Maggie, and for an instant their eyes locked.
- There was a barn at the far end of the hay meadow, away from the house and the other barns.
- He had nobody back in Langley who would be willing to fight his corner.
- Jen fought her corner fiercely but Helen knew that she was winning.
- Sara Keays has continued to fight her corner.
- She always said he should have stayed to fight his corner.
- For centuries, the Spanish traveled to the four corners of the Earth in search of new lands.
- Even to the four corners of the world. 38.
- He put the Celts at one of the four corners of the world.
- People from the four corners of the world have come to Ontario to make it their home.
- Scholars gathered wisdom and knowledge from the four corners of the world.
- But Jack managed to have Bailey taking a corner - and then Bailey heading the flag-kick into the net.
- He was also taking fencing, just because it was new and different.
- Lucker has not been taking corners well.
- Next time she came ... He began fantasising and had to take avoiding action 81 when he took a corner too wide.
- Riding to hounds, taking fences and obstacles along a route dictated by the fox is a very skilled activity.
- They take corners to the far post and have a direct shot at goal from a free kick.
- Vi took a corner seat farthest away from the door.
- We took a corner table and sat down.
- Third, after a terrific three-cornered fight, were David Hoskins and David James.
- And now here was I in a tight corner and was I going to use violence?
- Did people in tight corners always turn to her?
- Drawbacks are the introduction of a bit more slop in the system and the potential for reduced access in tight spots.
- Eight extra bullets in a tight spot could mean the difference between life and death.
- However, employers could find themselves in a tight corner if they attempted to increase employee contributions or reduce benefits.
- Or a mite more forgiving in a tight spot?
- The better choice here is a crescent-pattern spanner which has angled jaws so that it can be reversed in tight corners.
- You're in a tight spot.
- A superior actor might have turned the corner on this film.
- Even Sandie looks as if she might have turned the corner.
- I hope we have turned the corner.
- The economy may well have turned the corner by the next election.
He pulled a dirty handkerchief out by its corner and waved it at me.corner of Their initials were sewn on the corner of every pillow.in the corner (of something) The TV station’s name appears in the corner of the screen.on the corner (of something) Jessie sat on the corner of her bed.three-cornered/four-cornered etc a three-cornered hat2road [countable usually singular] a)the point where two roads meetcorner of Ruth walked with her as far as the corner of the road.on the corner The hotel is on the corner of 5th and Maine.at the corner Several women were standing at the corner, talking to two police officers. kids hanging around on street corners b)a point in a road where it turns sharply: He had tried to take the corner too quickly, and had lost control of the car. The petrol station is around the corner.3corner of a room/box [countable usually singular] the place inside a room or box where two walls or sides meetin the corner (of something) There was an old piano in the corner of the living room.corner table/seat I reserved a corner table in my favourite restaurant.4mouth/eye [countable] the sides of your mouth or eyes: A tear appeared in the corner of his eye.5difficult situation [singular] a difficult situation that you cannot easily escape fromback/box/force/push somebody into a corner (=put someone into a situation where they do not have any choices about what to do) Don’t let your enemies back you into a corner. The writers have painted themselves into a corner by killing off all the most popular characters in the first series. He found himself in a tight corner (=a very difficult situation) looking for a way to get out.6sports [countable] a)a kick or hit that one team is allowed to take from one of the corners of their opponent’s end of the field b)any of the four corners of the area in which the competitors fight in boxing or wrestling, especially one of the two corners where the competitors go in between rounds7distant place [countable] a distant place in another part of the worldcorner of She’s gone off to work in some remote corner of the world. People came from the four corners of the world (=from lots of different places) to make America their new home.8see something out of the corner of your eye to notice something accidentally, without turning your head towards it or looking for it: Out of the corner of her eye she saw the dog running towards her.9(just) around/round the corner a)near: There’s a bus stop just around the corner. b)likely to happen soon: Economic recovery is just around the corner.10turn the corner to start to become successful or to feel better or happier, after a time when you have been unsuccessful, ill, or unhappy: We knew Dad had turned the corner when he started complaining about the hospital food.11fight your corner/fight somebody’s corner British English to try very hard to defend yourself in a discussion or argument, or to do this for someone else: My line manager supports me, and says she’s willing to fight my corner.12cut corners to save time, money, or energy by doing things quickly and not as carefully as you should: Don’t try to cut corners when you’re decorating.13cut a corner to go across the corner of something, especially a road, instead of staying next to the edges14have/get a corner on something to be the only company, organization etc that has a particular product, ability, advantage etc: London does not have a corner on film festivals. The company admitted reducing prices to get a corner on the market. → kitty-cornerCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1adjectivesthe top/bottom corner· The ball flew straight into the top corner of the net.the left/left-hand corner· We followed the path to the left-hand corner of the field.the right/right-hand corner· Put your address in the top right-hand corner of the page.the southeast/northwest etc corner of something· I was staying in the southwest corner of the island.the four corners of something· Each team was based in one of the four corners of the pool.the far/opposite corner of something (=furthest from where you are)· Something was moving in the far right corner of the garden.a quiet corner· He sat on his own in a quiet corner of the library.a shady corner (=protected from the sun – used about outdoor places)· Plant the herbs in a shady corner of the garden.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cornera tight/sharp corner (=very curved and difficult to drive around)· Go slowly because there’s a sharp corner up ahead.a blind corner (=one that you cannot see around)· The car had come speeding around a blind corner much too fast.a street corner· There’s a newspaper shop on the street corner.verbsturn the corner (=go around a corner)· I walked on and turned the corner into Church Road.come/go around a corner· At that moment, a police car came around the corner.round a corner (=come around it)· A tall good-looking man rounded the corner.take a corner (=go around a corner in a car)· He took the corner too fast and crashed into a tree.disappear around a corner· We watched the two boys disappear around the corner.cut a corner (=not go all around the edge of a corner)· I crashed into a motorcyclist who had cut the corner.stand on a corner· She stood on the corner saying goodnight to Michael.corner1 nouncorner2 verb
cornercorner2 verb VERB TABLE
corner
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | corner |
| he, she, it | corners | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cornered |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cornered |
| he, she, it | has cornered | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cornered |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will corner |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cornered |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am cornering |
| he, she, it | is cornering | |
| you, we, they | are cornering | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was cornering |
| you, we, they | were cornering | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cornering |
| he, she, it | has been cornering | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cornering |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cornering |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cornering |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Douglas was cornered by the killers in the back bedroom of a seventh-floor apartment.
- Hill cornered her at a party just before she left Washington.
- The boys cornered him on a subway platform and began beating him.
- The new Audis corner very well.
- He was cornered outside the school by three apparent gang members wearing red, the emblem of the Nortenos.
- If they are cornered by a predator, mountain goats will not hesitate to use their horns to defend themselves.
- Pupo sits among these Strange white people, ashamed and cornered.
- The building oozed a melancholy yet defiant air, cornered by an unforgiving landscape with which it refused to make any compromises.
- The next day they went into battle with the desperate courage of brave men cornered.
- There are other variations but they all end up with black's king being cornered on h8 or h7.
- Though around Jessica he remained at least somewhat aloof, Kip could be brutal, especially when cornered.
- Toplis was eventually cornered by police, I believe in Cumberland, and the murderer was shot dead whilst resisting arrest.
THESAURUS
to stop someone who is trying to escape, especially by running after them and then holding them: · He raced after her, but he couldn’t catch her.· The police caught the bank robbers after a car chase through the city.
if the police arrest someone, they take him or her to a police station because they think that person has done something illegal: · Wayne was arrested for dangerous driving.· The police arrested him and charged him with murder.
formal if the police apprehend someone they think has done something illegal, they catch him or her: · The two men were later apprehended after they robbed another store.· The killers were never apprehended.· All of the kidnappers were apprehended and convicted.
to catch an enemy or a criminal in order to keep them as a prisoner: · The French king was captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.· The gunmen were finally captured after a shoot-out with the police.
to catch someone, especially in a war, in order to keep them as a prisoner: · 350 soldiers were killed and another 300 taken prisoner.· Ellison was taken prisoner by the Germans during the retreat to Dunkirk.
to make someone go to a place from which they cannot escape, especially by using your skill and intelligence: · Police trapped the man inside a bar on the city’s southside.
to force someone into a place from which they cannot escape: · He was cornered outside the school by three gang members.
Longman Language Activatorto catch someone after chasing them to stop someone from escaping, especially by running after them and then catching them - used especially by children when playing games: · "I bet you can't catch me!" yelled Katie, skipping away.· You choose sides, and one team hides and the other team tries to catch them.
to catch someone by forcing them into a room or space etc that they cannot escape from: · Douglas was cornered by the killers in the back bedroom of a seventh-floor apartment.· The boys cornered him on a subway platform and began beating him.
to catch someone that you have been chasing or trying to catch for some time: · Agents finally caught up with Danvers in Mexico City.
to catch someone in order to kill, hurt, or punish them, after chasing them or trying very hard to catch them: hunt down somebody: · Army troops are hunting down the guerrillas.hunt somebody down: · The agency was created to hunt down war criminals and bring them to justice.
to catch someone by using your skill and intelligence, or by forcing them into a place where they cannot escape: · The men were trapped at a road block near the junction of I-95 and Route 128.· Police have the man trapped inside a bar on the city's southside.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES She ran around the corner and straight into the arms of John Delaney. expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe people flying to far-flung destinations a free kick near the corner flag (=flag on a football pitch) Anthony met her in the bar, and they found a quiet corner where they could talk. the bottom right-hand corner of the page I watched the two boys disappear round the corner. I watched until he turned the corner.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
She ran around the corner and straight into the arms of John Delaney.· Look at the bottom left-hand corner of your screen.
expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe people flying to far-flung destinations a free kick near the corner flag (=flag on a football pitch)· A smile lifted the corners of her mouth.
Anthony met her in the bar, and they found a quiet corner where they could talk. the bottom right-hand corner of the page I watched the two boys disappear round the corner. (=a place where streets meet)· Youths were standing around on street corners.
I watched until he turned the corner.· Think you've bloody cornered the market in love, don't you?· But if the Conservative Party thought that it was cornering the market in citizenship, they were to be quickly disillusioned.· He cornered the market in heroes, as it were.· You've won so many cups, shields and tankards, you've cornered the silver market.· Most are the product of one extended family-the Jennings-that has cornered the market on Saturday Night Specials.· The girls who had been in since the start of the war had cornered the market in stripes.· But I suppose when you set out to corner the thirst market, you corner it all.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► If I should die, think only this of me:/That there’s some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England
1[transitive] to force a person or animal into a position from which they cannot easily escape: - The company has cornered 98% of the fried chicken market.
- But if the Conservative Party thought that it was cornering the market in citizenship, they were to be quickly disillusioned.
- He cornered the market in heroes, as it were.
- He may deliberately set out to corner the market, but do so by buying at legitimate market prices.
- Most are the product of one extended family-the Jennings-that has cornered the market on Saturday Night Specials.
- The girls who had been in since the start of the war had cornered the market in stripes.
- Think you've bloody cornered the market in love, don't you?
- A combination of blind bends, and high speed frustrations has created a string of accident black spots.
- Miss Defy screeched around a blind bend into the path of an oncoming sedan.
- The lanes twisted across the spine of land in a series of blind corners and Miranda took each one without changing down.
- I want something deeper than the stuff you usually do for me, so don't look for ways to cut corners.
- If I cut corners, I have something left on Saturday to go shopping with.
- If it's rough, the manufacturer has cut corners by not sealing the back edge.
- Men working on the site complained of pressure to cut corners to save time on the delayed project.
- Operators who cut corners will get a licence for only 12 years.
- People cut corners, creating new tracks and damaging the land.
- At the far end of the house, where her voice had faded, he heard a faucet going on.
- Getting into the precarious cable car, the ebullient engineer had himself hauled to the far side and back again.
- He caught a last glimpse of a grey Mercedes on the far side of the central barrier railings.
- Just then, he saw some one walk out of the trees which bordered the far side of the pasture.
- The Ocean-Warming Piglet Long ago, on the far side of our planet, there lived a farmer named Li-pin.
- The one bed that was occupied was at the far end of the ward.
- The young man at the far end of the loom glanced at Maggie, and for an instant their eyes locked.
- There was a barn at the far end of the hay meadow, away from the house and the other barns.
- He had nobody back in Langley who would be willing to fight his corner.
- Jen fought her corner fiercely but Helen knew that she was winning.
- Sara Keays has continued to fight her corner.
- She always said he should have stayed to fight his corner.
- For centuries, the Spanish traveled to the four corners of the Earth in search of new lands.
- Even to the four corners of the world. 38.
- He put the Celts at one of the four corners of the world.
- People from the four corners of the world have come to Ontario to make it their home.
- Scholars gathered wisdom and knowledge from the four corners of the world.
- But Jack managed to have Bailey taking a corner - and then Bailey heading the flag-kick into the net.
- He was also taking fencing, just because it was new and different.
- Lucker has not been taking corners well.
- Next time she came ... He began fantasising and had to take avoiding action 81 when he took a corner too wide.
- Riding to hounds, taking fences and obstacles along a route dictated by the fox is a very skilled activity.
- They take corners to the far post and have a direct shot at goal from a free kick.
- Vi took a corner seat farthest away from the door.
- We took a corner table and sat down.
- Third, after a terrific three-cornered fight, were David Hoskins and David James.
- And now here was I in a tight corner and was I going to use violence?
- Did people in tight corners always turn to her?
- Drawbacks are the introduction of a bit more slop in the system and the potential for reduced access in tight spots.
- Eight extra bullets in a tight spot could mean the difference between life and death.
- However, employers could find themselves in a tight corner if they attempted to increase employee contributions or reduce benefits.
- Or a mite more forgiving in a tight spot?
- The better choice here is a crescent-pattern spanner which has angled jaws so that it can be reversed in tight corners.
- You're in a tight spot.
- A superior actor might have turned the corner on this film.
- Even Sandie looks as if she might have turned the corner.
- I hope we have turned the corner.
- The economy may well have turned the corner by the next election.
Once the dog was cornered, he began to growl.► see thesaurus at catch2[transitive] to go to someone who is trying to avoid you, and make them listen to you: Later, he cornered Jenny on the stairs and asked her what was wrong.3corner the market to gain control of the whole supply of a particular kind of goods: They’ve been trying to corner the market by buying up all the wheat in sight.4[intransitive] if a car corners, it goes around a corner or bend in the road