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- Dictionaryskew/skjuː/
adjective
- 1. neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked: "his hat looked slightly skew"
- 2. (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting.
noun
- 1. an oblique angle; a slant.
- 2. a bias towards one particular group or subject: "the paper had a working-class skew"
verb
- 1. suddenly change direction or position: "the car had skewed across the track"
- 2. make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading: "the curriculum is skewed towards the practical subjects"
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SKEW definition: 1. to cause something to be not straight or exact; to twist or distort: 2. not straight 3. to…. Learn more.
SKEW meaning: 1. to cause something to be not straight or exact; to twist or distort: 2. not straight 3. to…. Learn more.
verb. If something is skewed, it is changed or affected to some extent by a new or unusual factor, and so is not correct or normal. The arithmetic of nuclear running costs has been skewed by the fall in the cost of other fuels. [be VERB -ed] Today's election will skew the results in favor of the northern end of the county. [VERB noun]
The meaning of SKEW is to take an oblique course. How to use skew in a sentence.
Skew definition: to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely. See examples of SKEW used in a sentence.
To skew is to turn or place at an angle. When you build a house of cards, you must slightly angle, or skew each card, so structure will stand up.
1. Placed or turned to one side; asymmetric. 2. Distorted or biased in meaning or effect. 3. Having a part that diverges, as in gearing. 4. a. Mathematics Neither parallel nor intersecting. Used of straight lines in space. b. Statistics Not symmetrical about the mean. Used of distributions. n.
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Definition of skew verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English skew /skjuː/ verb [ transitive] 1 if something skews the results of a test etc, it affects them, making them incorrect All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the effect of skewing the figures. 2 to affect or influence someone’s ideas, actions, or judgment, especially in a wa...
