SLANT


Meaning of SLANT in English

I.

noun

1 leaning position

PREPOSITION

▪ at a ~

They held their spears at a ~.

2 way of thinking about sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ different , modern , new

▪ negative , positive

▪ definite , obvious

The story has a definite liberal ~ to it.

▪ overall ( esp. AmE )

the overall ~ of newspaper coverage of the campaign

▪ your own , personal , unique

▪ editorial

▪ ideological , political

▪ conservative , feminist , left-wing , liberal , rightward ( esp. AmE ), etc.

VERB + SLANT

▪ give sth , have , put , take

He puts his own particular ~ on everything.

PREPOSITION

▪ with a … ~

an article with a right-wing ~

▪ ~ on

That's a different ~ on the causes of the war.

▪ ~ to

The story gives a new ~ to his character.

PHRASES

▪ a/sb's ~ on things

I've tried to put my own ~ on things, even in the early songs.

II.

verb

Slant is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ eye

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .