Definition of 'corner'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense corners
, present participle cornering
, past tense, past participle cornered
1. countable noun
A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
3. countable noun [usually singular]
The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it.
4. countable noun
The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street.
6. countable noun [with supplement, usually NOUN of noun]
7. countable noun
8. verb
If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from.
9. verb
10. verb
If a company or place corners an area of trade, they gain control over it so that no one else can have any success in that area.
[business]
Zurich's affluence came initially from cornering a sizeable chunk of the 14th Century
silk trade. [VERB noun]
11. verb
If a car, or the person driving it, corners in a particular way, the car goes round bends in roads in this way.
12.
14.
See to cut corners
15.
16.
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corner in British English
noun
1.
the place, position, or angle formed by the meeting of two converging lines or surfaces
2.
a projecting angle of a solid object or figure
6.
any part, region or place, esp a remote place
7.
something used to protect or mark a corner, as of the hard cover of a book
9. soccer, hockey
10.
either of two opposite angles of a boxing ring in which the opponents take their rests
11. mountaineering
a junction between two rock faces forming an angle of between 60° and 120°
US name: dihedral12. See cut corners
13. See round the corner
14. See turn the corner
16. (modifier)
suitable or designed for a corner
a corner table
17. logic
either of a pair of symbols used in the same way as ordinary quotation marks to indicate quasi quotation
See quasi-quotationverb
18. (transitive)
to manoeuvre (a person or animal) into a position from which escape is difficult or impossible
finally they cornered the fox
20. (transitive)
to place in or move into a corner
21. (transitive)
22. (intransitive)
(of vehicles, etc) to turn a corner
23. (intransitive) US
to be situated on a corner
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Word origin
C13: from Old French corniere, from Latin cornū point, extremity, hornWord Frequency
Corner in British English
noun
See the Corner
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corner in American English
noun
1.
the point or place where lines or surfaces join and form an angle
2.
the area or space within the angle formed at the joining of lines or surfaces
the corner of a room
3.
the area at the tip of any of the angles formed at a street intersection
4.
something used to form, mark, protect, or decorate a corner
5.
a remote, secret, or secluded place
look in every nook and corner
7.
an awkward position from which escape is difficult
driven into a corner
8. US
a monopoly acquired on a stock or a commodity so as to be able to raise the price
verb transitive
9. US
to drive or force into a corner or awkward position, so that escape is difficult
10. US
to get a monopoly on (a stock or commodity)
verb intransitive
12.
to turn corners
said of a vehicle this car corners easily
adjective
13.
at or on a corner
a corner store
14.
used in a corner
a corner table
SIMILAR WORDS: moˈnopoly
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Word Frequency
corner in American English
(ˈkɔrnər)
noun
1.
the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet
2.
the space between two converging lines or surfaces near their intersection; angle
a chair in the corner of the room
3.
a projecting angle, esp. of a rectangular figure or object
He bumped into the corner of the table
4.
the point where two streets meet
the corner of Market and Main Streets
5.
an end; margin; edge
6.
any narrow, secluded, or secret place
7.
an awkward or embarrassing position, esp. one from which escape is impossible
8. Finance
a monopolizing or a monopoly of the available supply of a stock or commodity to a point permitting control of price (applied only when monopoly price is exacted)
9.
region; part; quarter
from every corner of the empire
10. Surveying
a.
the point of intersection of the section lines of a land survey, often marked by a monument or some object, as a pipe that is set or driven into the ground
Compare section (sense 5)11.
a piece to protect the corner of anything
12. Baseball
15. See cut corners
16. See rough corners
17. See the four corners of the earth
18. See turn the corner
adjective
19.
situated on or at a corner where two streets meet
a corner drugstore
20.
made to fit or be used in a corner
a corner cabinet
transitive verb
21.
to furnish with corners
22.
to place in or drive into a corner
23.
to force into an awkward or difficult position or one from which escape is impossible
He finally cornered the thief
24.
to gain control of (a stock, commodity, etc.)
intransitive verb
SYNONYMS 7. predicament, impasse, dead end.25.
to meet in or be situated on or at a corner
26.
to form a corner in a stock or commodity
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Word origin
[1250–1300; ME ‹ AF, equiv. to OF corne corner, horn (‹ L cornū horn; cf. cornu) + -er -er2]Examples of 'corner' in a sentence
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British English: corner
/ˈkɔːnə/ NOUN
A corner is a place where two sides or edges of something meet, or where a road meets another road.
There is a table in the corner of the living room.
- American English: corner /ˈkɔrnər/
- Arabic: زَاوِيَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: canto
- Chinese: 角落
- Croatian: ugao
- Czech: roh kout
- Danish: hjørne
- Dutch: hoek
- European Spanish: esquina
- Finnish: nurkka
- French: coin
- German: Ecke
- Greek: γωνία
- Italian: angolo
- Japanese: 角 場所
- Korean: 모퉁이
- Norwegian: hjørne
- Polish: kąt róg
- European Portuguese: canto
- Romanian: colț
- Russian: угол
- Latin American Spanish: esquina
- Swedish: hörna
- Thai: มุม
- Turkish: köşe
- Ukrainian: кут
- Vietnamese: góc phòng
British English: corner
VERB /ˈkɔːnə/
If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from.
A police motor-cycle chased his car twelve miles, and cornered him near Rome.
- American English: corner /ˈkɔrnər/
- Brazilian Portuguese: encurralar
- Chinese: 使走投无路
- European Spanish: arrinconar
- French: coincer
- German: in die Enge treiben
- Italian: intrappolare
- Japanese: 追い詰める
- Korean: 구석에 몰아넣다
- European Portuguese: encurralar
- Latin American Spanish: arrinconar
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