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- Dictionaryslanted/ˈslɑːntɪd/
adjective
- 1. sloping or leaning in a particular direction: "a slanted roof"
- 2. (of information) presented or viewed from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way: "the newspaper's slanted coverage could be seen in its use of emotive language"
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SLANTED definition: 1. sloping in one direction 2. showing information about one person, one side of an argument, etc…. Learn more.
to present information in a particular way, especially showing one group of people, one side of an argument, etc. in such a positive or negative way that it is unfair: be slanted against/towardsThe police claimed that reports in the media were slanted against/towards the defendant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. : a slanting direction, line, or plane : slope. 2. a. : something that slants. b. : slash sense 4. c. : a football running play in which the ballcarrier runs obliquely toward the line of scrimmage.
A sloping thing or piece of ground. 2. Printing A virgule. 3. a. A personal point of view or opinion: an article with an unconventional slant. b. A bias: an anti-religious slant. 4. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.
A slant is a line or plane that is not horizontally or vertically straight. Often it is on a diagonal as with /. Figuratively, to slant is to have or be biased, as in My mother was always slanted toward my father’s opinion. To slant is also to distort information to reflect a specific viewpoint and misstate facts.
slanted (towards somebody/something) tending to be in favour of one person or thing in a way that may be unfair to others. a slanted view of events; See slanted in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
1. to incline or be inclined at an oblique or sloping angle. 2. (transitive) to write or present ( news, etc) with a bias. 3. (intransitive; foll by towards) (of a person's opinions) to be biased. noun. 4. an inclined or oblique line or direction; slope.
slanted. Things that are slanted have a sharp angle or slope. You might admire the way the morning sun glints against the slanted metal roof of your barn. A skateboard ramp is slanted, and so is the entire side of an A-frame house. When something is angled in a slant or diagonal, it's slanted.
to distort (information) by rendering it unfaithfully or incompletely, especially in order to reflect a particular viewpoint: He slanted the news story to discredit the Administration.
Other forms: slanting; slanted; slants. To slant is to tilt or slope sharply to one side. Many streets in San Francisco are so steep that they slant dramatically upward. You can slant the brim of your hat down to keep the sun out of your eyes, and the sun itself can slant at a lower angle (or slant), forcing you to put on your dark sunglasses.
