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- Dictionaryveer/vɪə/
verb
- 1. change direction suddenly: "an oil tanker that had veered off course"
noun
- 1. a sudden change of direction.
- 2. an offensive play using a modified T-formation with a split backfield, which allows the quarterback the option of passing to the fullback, pitching to a running back, or running with the ball.
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veer | American Dictionary. verb [ I ] us / vɪər / Add to word list. to suddenly change direction: The officer saw the car veer off the side of the road.
The meaning of VEER is to change direction or course. How to use veer in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Veer.
Veer definition: to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another. See examples of VEER used in a sentence.
1. verb. If something veers in a certain direction, it suddenly moves in that direction. The plane veered off the runway and careered through the perimeter fence. [VERB preposition/adverb] Horrified commuters saw the lorry veer across the motorway and overturn. [VERB preposition/adverb] 2. verb.
Definition of veer verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To veer is to make a sudden turn, like when a driver veers off the pavement or a pleasant conversation veers off in a troubling direction. When you make any quick change of direction you veer. You can veer toward an attractive person at a party, leaving your friends mid-sentence.
veer. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English veer /vɪə $ vɪr/ verb [ intransitive always + adverb/preposition] 1 to change direction veer off A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway. The plane veered off course. Follow the path and veer left after 400m.
