VEER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of veer in English

(Definition of veer from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of veer from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of veer

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Prompted by these real concerns, my research interests veered toward macroeconomics, but, here again, uncertainty matters, under incomplete markets.
By mid-day this veered to 270x but its strength remained very strong.
Although these chapters veer back towards physiological responses they make a nice way to follow on from the more physical and methodological chapters described earlier.
That is, it is inaccurate because it veers us away from the basic values revealed by general reflection.
Additionally, the observers veered in opposite directions, suggesting that the noisiness of the data was the predominant factor.
Patients with acute vestibular loss are unsteady and often veer or fall toward the side of the affected ear for several days after the event.
Even if these tests veer off the equilibrium path, however, they provide important support for the theory.
The latter caused it to veer toward the ventricular apex.
But mission accounts also suggest that things had veered out of mission control.
As we would expect in a collective enterprise, some authors veer towards generalisation, for example by confining themselves to the familiar territory of enlightened absolutism.
They wallowed in subscience and sermons; the adolescent veered from evil to saintliness, without enough good, rational, explorable territory in between.
He clearly establishes the direction and goals of his inquiry, never once veering off the track.
The second stage of the route veered close by a roundabout with thunderous heavy traffic.
Because of the difficulties that arose in enforcing them, laws and contracts veered towards the structure of advocacy and response.
The direction remained fairly constant until it veered to around 220x when the cold front went through around 1323 hours.
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Translations of veer

in Chinese (Traditional)
改變方向, 轉向…
in Chinese (Simplified)
改变方向, 转向…
in Spanish
virar, desviarse…
in Portuguese
desviar, desviar-se, guinar…
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~が向きを変える…
yön değiştirmek, sapmak…
virer…
virar, desviar-se…
van koers veranderen…
تَغيير الاتَجاه فَجأة…
točit se…
svinge…
membelok, membanting stir…
หันเห…
thay đổi hướng đi…
skręcić nagle, odbić…
svänga undan, gira…
berubah arah…
sich drehen…
dreie av, svinge (brått)…
방향을 갑자기 바꾸다…
змінювати напрям…
sbandare, svoltare, (cambiare direzione)…
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