I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
angle brackets
at a jaunty angle
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Her hat was set at a jaunty angle .
obtuse angle
right angle
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Hold the brush at right angles to the surface.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
acute
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The oral shield is approximately rounded triangular, often with an acute proximal angle and a distal projection.
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The ventral arm plates are pentagonal with an acute proximal angle , a slightly indented distal edge, and separated from one another.
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Nor do they branch off at acute angles or form perfect oblongs.
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Has more yellow on bill than smaller Bewick's Swan, reaching below nostril at an acute angle .
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You must have the ability to turn at acute angles at speed and you must be able to stretch and bend.
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The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped with an acute proximal angle and separated.
jaunty
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His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle .
new
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In essence problem solving presents a new and challenging angle on a site or feature.
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Funds will be expended to explore the situation from a number of new angles .
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She changed it, sharpened it, honed it, every night a new angle , a fresh thought.
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Twice she got caught in the reeds and had to back off and pick out a new angle of approach.
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The learner may view the problem from a new angle and introduce fresh ideas for consideration.
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Looked at from this new angle , the smears were only smears.
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Approach this murder from some new angles .
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The new angle is sitting in front of a client who specifies we maintain six choices right to the end of service.
oblique
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After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle .
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You can make it look two or three times thicker that way, by cutting on a really oblique angle .
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Coastal Refraction alters the bearings, particularly when bearings are at an oblique angle to the coastline. 6.
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One is to enter a drama at an oblique angle to the main issue.
obtuse
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The ventral arm plates are wider than long, pentagonal with an obtuse proximal angle and a slightly convex distal edge.
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The oral shield is rhombic but often with an obtuse proximal angle and a convex distal edge.
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The distal ventral arm plates are more pentagonal with an obtuse proximal angle and a wide convex distal edge.
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We shall never know because the obtuse camera angle , from midwicket, provided insufficient evidence.
odd
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And a couple of Action Man dolls in uniform, their limbs splayed at odd angles .
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Like Los Alamos, it was cradled by mountains and hastily built in order to win a war from an odd angle .
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His head, she realised was at an odd angle .
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Fun-house reflections: deformations and odd angles .
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The streets went off at odd angles .
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There are small patches with the emblems of sports cars sewn at odd , playful angles on the front.
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His feet turned capricious, slipping off at odd angles .
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As the building went up, the cross-section changed: the floors became smaller, with more odd angles and corners.
rakish
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There was Philippa Mannering looking avid in a beautifully cut check suit and a brown beret at a rakish angle .
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But some were written at rakish angles .
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A black, felt bowler sits on his head, tilted slightly forward at a rakish angle .
right
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Hold the bag at right angles to the surface to be iced, with the nozzle a fraction away.
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Quarters are the halves cut crosswise at almost right angles to the backbone. 7.
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The cleavage planes are at right angles to one another.
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If it is at right angles to the duct, it is closed.
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To repair the defect, first use a sharp knife to make two cuts at right angles across the blister.
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For rails that meet at right angles , the cut should be 45 degrees.
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But the imaginary time direction is at right angles to real time.
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From the low ceiling hung large, black metal frames with little pear-shaped leather bags and black metal pipes at right angles .
sharp
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When the latter were realigned or made anew they often met the earlier roads at a sharp angle on the parish boundaries.
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Before long he was huffing and puffing, his dark neck thrust out at a sharp angle .
slight
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A slight change of angle and a full wing shape becomes distorted into a thin one.
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His wig was now at a slight angle .
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Christabel's tombstone leaned over at a slight angle .
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Both chairs are placed securely, with the free chair at a slight angle to where the patient is sitting.
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She went about with her head at a slight angle and her eyes permanently narrowed, to avoid the smoke.
steep
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Sometimes it can be a steeper angle than somewhere else.
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Within that band the kite will move from steep to shallow angles against the oncoming wind.
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The second bullet was fired from close to where Doyle was lying, and at a very steep angle .
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He had a beard and his forehead sloped back at a steep angle .
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In distinctive display flight flaps upwards at a steep angle and then glides down with wings scarcely upraised.
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In two species examined the crystals lie parallel to the surface and in another two they lie at a steep angle .
various
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They form the links, at various angles to their neighbours, of a continuous chain.
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Have the students observe the light from various angles and tell what they see.
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They should enter into those ideas, and see them from various angles .
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Add the remainder of the milk and again have the students observe the bowl from various angles .
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Only the one chosen background material has been used but it has been presented at various distances and angles .
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It is as if the painter had moved freely around his subject, gathering information from various angles and viewpoints.
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The objectives were to obtain some feeling for this environment, and also to compare the readings at various angles of view.
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Media Studies investigates this world from various angles , eg historical, economic and sociological.
wide
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It is also, merely, the story of a pop group but viewed through a wide angle lens.
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As you see, the light was spread out uniformly over a wide angle .
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Nikon for instance produce a telephoto lens, several wide angle lenses and a fish-eye for their range of models.
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The early studies were wide angle studies of impressions of the Course, based around questionnaires and structured interviews.
■ NOUN
bracket
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Fix the batten in place with angle brackets , then attach the blind with touch-and-close fastener.
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A simple solution is to use small angle brackets which support the tile but are not actually fixed to it.
camera
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This creates a rather spooky atmosphere and because of the many camera angles gives the impression that you are being watched.
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A low camera angle can make a slight anchor look imposing.
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Some of the pictures have silly camera angles because Oliver was fooling around.
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The courts and arena settings are beautiful, with smooth camera angles and timely commentary.
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We shall never know because the obtuse camera angle , from midwicket, provided insufficient evidence.
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Filmgoers, unfortunately, are subjected to the unnecessary trauma of seeing the brutal crime depicted from arty camera angles .
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The discs accommodate eight language tracks, 32 subtitle tracks and provisions for alternate endings and multiple camera angles .
■ VERB
set
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His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle .
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One platoon splits off and marches toward the crowd, their bayoneted rifles set at a 45-degree angle .
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These teeth are also shorter and set at a different angle from the other teeth.
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If the two filters are set at identical angles , then the two photons always behave identically.
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It contains a fluorescent tube and can be set at different angles and at varying distances from the working surface.
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Be sure your chair is comfortable and your computer screen set at an appropriate angle .
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The tips can be set at three reduced angles from neutral, but only one increased angle.
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Firstly the side rail joints are set out at an angle as the seat increases in width towards the front.
turn
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As the backswing progresses, the shoulders turn around the spine angle which is pre-set at the address position.
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You must have the ability to turn at acute angles at speed and you must be able to stretch and bend.
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He turned randomly at right angles , and set off at a lolloping run.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
at a rakish angle
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A black, felt bowler sits on his head, tilted slightly forward at a rakish angle.
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But some were written at rakish angles.
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There was Philippa Mannering looking avid in a beautifully cut check suit and a brown beret at a rakish angle.
at right angles (to sth)
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The aisles intersect at right angles to form the shape of a cross.
oblique angle
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After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle.
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Coastal Refraction alters the bearings, particularly when bearings are at an oblique angle to the coastline. 6.
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One is to enter a drama at an oblique angle to the main issue.
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You can make it look two or three times thicker that way, by cutting on a really oblique angle.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a 45-degree angle
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Advertisers need to find the right angle to make their product appeal to consumers.
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I avoided the angle of the coffee table in the darkened room.
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The article gives the reader a fresh angle on pop culture.
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They wanted an ordinary worker's angle on the new system.
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Thompson says his committee has looked at the problem from every possible angle .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At this angle , in the uncertain light, he resembled an eighty-year-old man, wide-eyed with fear.
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First, the meteorites crossed the dome traveling at an angle of only twenty-seven degrees to the horizon.
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He made the decision to lessen the angle of impact by closing the throttle, applying hard up elevator and full right rudder.
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One hip shifted her weight to that side, and suddenly every angle softly flowed into another.
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The Chesterfield, on to which he was ready to drop, was no longer at its usual, comfortable angle to the television.
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The latter alters the angle of the front roller, to prevent the best running off centre.
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The slightly sweet fruit has five angles and when sliced, the pieces are shaped like stars.
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This is the so-called imaginary direction of time, at right angles to real time.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Angle your forearms slightly downward.
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The mirror was angled to reflect light from a window.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A bare bamboo washing-pole, angled like the bowsprit of a yacht, projects above the street.
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A black leather swivel chair was angled to face in the direction of the television.
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It's not fancy-just nine stools angled around the kitchen, plastic utensils and paper plates.
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The content of the release Does the release need to be angled differently for the different sections of the list?
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The police launch slowed at the harbor entrance, then angled toward the Sham Shui Po wharf.
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The way you angle your feet determines the posture of the lower body.
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Ward was angling across the slope above to cut him off.