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corner

[kɔ͟ː(r)nə(r)]

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corners, cornering, cornered

1. N-COUNT: usu with supp A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.

2. N-COUNT The corner of a room, box, or similar space is the area inside it where its edges or walls meet.

3. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n The corner of your mouth or eye is the side of it.

4. N-COUNT: usu with supp The corner of a street is the place where one of its sides ends as it joins another street.

5. N-COUNT A corner is a bend in a road.

6. N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n If you talk about the corners of the world, a country, or some other place, you are referring to places that are far away or difficult to get to. [WRITTEN]

7. N-COUNT In soccer, hockey, and some other sports, a corner is a free shot or kick taken from the corner of the pitch.

8. VERB If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from.

9. VERB If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you.

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.

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. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner.

13. PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it is very near. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner.

14. PHRASE: V inflects (disapproval) If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.

15. PHRASE: PHR n You can use expressions such as the four corners of the world to refer to places that are a long way from each other. [WRITTEN]

16. PHRASE: N inflects, v-link PHR, PHR after v If you are in a corner or in a tight corner, you are in a situation which is difficult to deal with and get out of.