What does Corner mean?
Definitions for Corner
ˈkɔr nərcor·ner
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Corner.
Princeton's WordNet
cornernoun
a place off to the side of an area
"he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"
cornernoun
the point where two lines meet or intersect
"the corners of a rectangle"
corner, nooknoun
an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
"a piano was in one corner of the room"
corner, street corner, turning pointnoun
the intersection of two streets
"standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"
cornernoun
the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
"the corners of a cube"
recess, recession, niche, cornernoun
a small concavity
cornernoun
a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade
"a corner on the silver market"
corner, boxnoun
a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible
"his lying got him into a tight corner"
cornernoun
a projecting part where two sides or edges meet
"he knocked off the corners"
cornernoun
a remote area
"in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"
corner, quoinverb
(architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
cornerverb
gain control over
"corner the gold market"
corner, treeverb
force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
cornerverb
turn a corner
"the car corners"
Wiktionary
cornernoun
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
cornernoun
The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
cornernoun
The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.
cornernoun
An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.
cornernoun
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
cornernoun
A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.
cornernoun
A monopoly or controlling interest in a salable commodity, allowing the controlling party to dictate terms of sale.
In the 1970's, private investors tried to obtain a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
cornernoun
One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
cornernoun
first base or third base.
There are runners on the corners with just one out.
cornerverb
To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space.
The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
cornerverb
To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
cornerverb
To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it.
cornerverb
To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
cornerverb
To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
cornernoun
A corner kick.
Etymology: From corner, from cornere (compare cornier, corniere), from corne, from *, from cornua, plural of cornu. More at hirn.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CORNERnoun
Etymology: cornel, Welsh; cornier, French.
There’s nothing I have done yet, o’ my conscience,
Deserves a corner. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.It is better to dwell in a corner of a house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. Proverbs, xxv. 24.
I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. Acts, xxvi. 26.
All the inhabitants, in every corner of the island, have been absolutely reduced under his immediate subjection. Davies.
Those vices, that lurk in the secret corners of the soul. Addis.
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Leaves no cold wintry corner unexplor’d. James Thomson, Spring.Might I but through my prison, once a day,
Behold this maid, all corners else o’ th’ earth
Let liberty make use of. William Shakespeare, Tempest.I turn’d, and try’d each corner of my bed,
To find if sleep were there; but sleep was lost. Dryden.
Wikipedia
Corner
The Corner is the second single released by rapper Common on his sixth album, Be. It features a chorus and production by Kanye West as well as spoken word lyrics by The Last Poets. The song's lyrics deal with street corners in poor neighborhoods. The song's beat contains samples from "You Make the Sun Shine" by The Temprees and "What It Is" by The Temptations. Because of the song's gritty sound, some fans considered it to be a return to Common's Resurrection days. A music video directed by Kanye West was made for "The Corner."
ChatGPT
corner
A corner typically refers to the point where two lines or surfaces meet, forming an angle. It can also refer to a specific location, often within a building or a room, where two walls meet. Additionally, in sports such as soccer or boxing, a corner stands for a free-kick or a neutral corner, respectively, where players or fighters take certain positions during the game or match.
Webster Dictionary
Cornernoun
the point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal
Cornernoun
the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner
Cornernoun
an edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part
Cornernoun
a secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook
Cornernoun
direction; quarter
Cornernoun
the state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock
Cornerverb
to drive into a corner
Cornerverb
to drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument
Cornerverb
to get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum
Etymology: [OF. corniere, cornier, LL. cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See Horn.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Corner
kor′nėr, n. the point where two lines meet: a secret or confined place: an embarrassing position, difficulty: (obs.) a point in a rubber at whist: a free kick given to the opposite side when a player in football kicks the ball over his own goal-line: an operation by which the whole of a stock or commodity is bought up, so that speculative sellers are compelled to buy, to meet their engagements, at the corner-men's own price.—v.t. to supply with corners: to put in a corner: to put in a fix or difficulty.—adj. Cor′nered, having corners: put in a difficult position.—n. Cor′ner-stone, the stone which unites the two walls of a building at a corner: the principal stone, esp. the corner of the foundation of a building—hence (fig.) something of very great importance.—n.pl. Cor′ner-teeth, the lateral incisors of a horse, above and below.—adv. Cor′ner-wise, with the corner in front: diagonally.—Cut off a corner, to take a short cut; Done in a corner, done secretly: Drive into a corner, to put in a fix: to bring to bay; Keep a corner, to reserve a place; The Corner (slang), Tattersall's betting-rooms in London, till 1867 at Hyde Park Corner; Turn the corner, to go round the corner: to get past a difficulty; Within the four corners of, contained in (of a document, &c.). [O. Fr. corniere—L. cornu.]
Etymology and Origins
Corner
The creation of a monopoly of prices in respect of natural produce or manufactured goods. The allusion here is to speculators who agreed in a quiet corner, at or near the Exchange, to buy up the whole market.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CORNER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Corner is ranked #13477 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Corner surname appeared 2,256 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Corner.
73.2% or 1,652 total occurrences were White.
20.7% or 469 total occurrences were Black.
3.3% or 76 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.7% or 39 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.4% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Corner' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1508
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Corner' in Written Corpus Frequency: #925
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Corner' in Nouns Frequency: #513
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Corner in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Corner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Corner in a Sentence
I don't care, I'm just going to go out there and play my game, I can't be worrying about him, there's hundreds, so many players to be worrying about (whether) they've turned a corner. I think the person who's playing the best on clay at the minute is Rafa (Nadal).
The insurance company may provide a list of auto body shops, and the customer can say,' No. I wan na go to Joe's Body Shop around the corner.' And that's their choice. The issue of steering is already something that's not consistent with state law and not something that insurance companies do.
The most, MOST important thing is to read, read all the time ; read when they tell you not to read, what they tell you not to read, read with a flashlight under the covers, read on the bus, standing on a corner, waiting for a friend, in the dentist's waiting room. Read every minute you can. READ LIKE A WOLF EATS. Read.
Politicians who pretend that' normal' is just around the corner are fooling themselves or their followers, or perhaps both, people who suffer tragedies eventually return to their previous happiness level.
Imagine a world in which you are deciding to travel somewhere exotic. And you discover that you need a vaccine that may not be stocked in your neighborhood clinic, fifteen, 20 minutes later, you have your exotic vaccine that was delivered to your corner clinic.
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- rohCzech
- EckeGerman
- esquinaSpanish
- coinFrench
- कोनाHindi
- sudutIndonesian
- angoloItalian
- hjørneNorwegian
- cantoPortuguese
- มุมThai
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