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PRONUNCIATION OF SLANTING

slanting  [ˈslɑːntɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLANTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slanting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SLANTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of slanting in the English dictionary

The definition of slanting in the dictionary is inclining at an oblique or sloping angle.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLANTING


accounting
əˈkaʊntɪŋ
bunting
ˈbʌntɪŋ
consenting
kənˈsɛntɪŋ
counting
ˈkaʊntɪŋ
daunting
ˈdɔːntɪŋ
disappointing
ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋ
enchanting
ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ
haunting
ˈhɔːntɪŋ
house-hunting
ˈhaʊshʌntɪŋ
hunting
ˈhʌntɪŋ
mounting
ˈmaʊntɪŋ
painting
ˈpeɪntɪŋ
parenting
ˈpɛərəntɪŋ
planting
ˈplɑːntɪŋ
pointing
ˈpɔɪntɪŋ
printing
ˈprɪntɪŋ
ranting
ˈræntɪŋ
taunting
ˈtɔːntɪŋ
venting
ˈvɛntɪŋ
wanting
ˈwɒntɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLANTING

slangily
slanginess
slanging match
slangingly
slangish
slanguage
slangular
slangy
slant
slant rhyme
slant-eyed
slantendicular
slanter
slantindicular
slantingly
slantingways
slantly
slantways
slantwise
slanty

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLANTING

acting
anting
business accounting
business-accounting
chanting
cost accounting
dissenting
DNA fingerprinting
eventing
face painting
financial accounting
hinting
management accounting
merchanting
not counting
offset printing
oil painting
panting
rock painting
screen printing
unrelenting

Synonyms and antonyms of slanting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLANTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «slanting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of slanting

Translation of «slanting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLANTING

Find out the translation of slanting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of slanting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slanting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

斜斜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inclinada
570 millions of speakers

English

slanting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झुका हुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مائلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

косые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oblíquos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঢালু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oblique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slanting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schräg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

斜め
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slanting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாய்வான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्लँटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eğik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obliquo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skośne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

косі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înclinat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλίση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lutande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrå
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slanting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLANTING»

The term «slanting» is regularly used and occupies the 78.227 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLANTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slanting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLANTING»

Discover the use of slanting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slanting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Slanting Views
Astrid Bartell. let go and even started sobbing: 'It's ruined, completely ruined, my life's over!' she complained. 'Let's not be overdramatic here, shall we?' 'You don't understand, you don't understand anything, nobody understands anything!
Astrid Bartell, 2014
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Critical Reflection: A Textbook for Critical Thinking
Slanting by omission occurs when key information is cut out. Slanting by selection occurs when the material that is selected reveals bias. Of course, selecting one thing over another means we're omitting one thing in favour of another, ...
Robert Malcolm Murray, Nebojsa Kujundzic, 2005
3
First report of the departmental committee appointed to ...
PLATE VII. — Experiments on Duct Construction. — Series 1 : — Exhaust Currents — Tabulation op Results. Tapered Duct with — Fig. 2. 4-inch vertical throats and hoppers. 4. 4-inch vertical throats with hoppers off. ,, 6. 4-inch slanting throats.
Great Britain. Home Office. Committee on Ventilation of Factories and Workshops, 1903
4
House of Commons Papers
Series 1 : — EXHAUST CURRENTS — TABULATION OF RESULTS. Tapered Duct with — Fig. 2. 4 -inch vertical throats and hoppers. „ 4. 4-inch vertical throats with hoppers off. ,, 6. 4 -inch slanting throats. ,, 8. 4-inch slanting throats. ,, 10.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1907
5
Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Knitting
The standard purl-side pair of decreases is the LEFT-SLANTING PURL 2 TOGETHER (p2tog), and the RIGHT-SLANTING SLIP, SLIP, PURL (ssp): Slip 2 stitches knitwise, return them to source needle, and purl 2 together through the back loop ...
Donna Kooler, 2012
6
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a machine for the purpose described, a casing provided with a forwardly slanting bottom member, a slanting series of superposed, slanting imperforate baffles in front of and above the bottom member, said baffles all slanting in the same ...
‎1914
7
Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario
Slanting lines, 1st order, one length, not touching. 2. Slanting lines, 1st order, all lengths, not touching. 3. Slanting lines, 1st order, one length, touching at one point. 4. Slanting lines, 1st order, all lengths, touching at one point. 5. Slanting lines ...
Ontario. Legislative Assembly, 1891
8
Report of the Minister of Education
Slanting lines, 1st order, one length, not touching. 2. Slanting lines, 1st order, all lengths, not touching. 3. Slanting lines, 1st order, one length, touching at one point. 4. Slanting lines, 1st order, all lengths, touching at one point. 5. Slanting lines ...
Ontario. Dept. of Education, 1891
9
Methodology and Technology for Power System Grounding
Table 6.3 The grounding resistance and maximum step voltage of the grounding grid with slanting ground rods Slanting angle ( ) Grounding resistance (V) Maximum step voltage (V) Without ground rods 0.993 5.65 0 0.643 3.77 15 0.614 2.64 ...
Jinliang He, Rong Zeng, Bo Zhang, 2012
10
Roget's Descriptive Word Finder
... a slanting position athwart: in a transverse manner; across awry: to one side; atwist battered: sloping backwards vertically or upward bevel: sloping off; oblique breakneck: dangerously steep canted: angled; sloping; aslant; oblique; raked; ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLANTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slanting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sanctions regime slanting jobless figures - MP
Sanctions regime slanting jobless figures - MP. Date published: 04 February 2015. BENEFIT sanctions are being used to skew unemployment figures says ... «Oldham Chronicle, Feb 15»
2
Guest opinion: Fish and Game director calls out groups for slanting
Guest opinion: Fish and Game director calls out groups for slanting wolf numbers. F&G data shows wolf populations well above federal minimums. By Virgil ... «The Idaho Statesman, Feb 15»
3
1 dead, 3 hurt in head-on Catawba crash
They said the car he was driving crashed into another vehicle about 12:15 a.m. on Slanting Bridge Road, near N.C. 150 in the southeast part of the county. «Charlotte Observer, Sep 14»
4
Kerry slanting Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Aaron Klein is WND's senior staff writer and Jerusalem bureau chief. He also hosts "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio" on Salem Talk Radio. Follow Aaron on ... «WND.com, Jul 14»
5
Watch: Owen Pallett's "secret" project, "Our Shadows Slanting by the …
I remember our shadows slanting by the lamps, and touching. My hands passed through the air and I looked at you, just a girl. Already, I knew: you were so ... «Consequence of Sound, May 14»
6
Introducing Evolution Health Convertible Slant Boards: Slanting on a …
With the help of a bodyslant slant board you can redirect gravity's force to your benefit in a comfortable and safe way. Reversing gravity's pull on your body with ... «PR Web, Apr 14»
7
How your looks can reveal hidden medical problems
In many people of Asian ethnicity this is completely normal and a defining feature but in individuals of other ancestries, substantially up-slanting palpebral ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 14»
8
Slanting Quebec's book market
The book industry has been struggling to adapt to the realities of the Internet age. Smaller book stores have been squeezed out by big-box retailers — such as ... «National Post, Dec 13»
9
Residents worried over accidents, slanting posts landslides
Lee (second left) showing the slanting electrical posts to Chiew (right) at Jalan Shantung ... PENAMPANG: Frequent road accidents, slanting electrical posts and ... «The Borneo Post, Nov 13»
10
Little Elm Helps Residents Fix Slanting Mailboxes
With hundreds of mailboxes slanting throughout town, many to a dangerous degree, the town of Little Elm is offering to reimburse residents for up to half the ... «NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Jul 13»

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