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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.
The meaning of SKEW is to take an oblique course. How to use skew in a sentence.
SKEW meaning: 1. to cause something to be not straight or exact; to twist or distort: 2. not straight 3. to…. Learn more.
Skew definition: to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely. See examples of SKEW used in a sentence.
adjective. 1. placed in or turning into an oblique position or course. 2. machinery. having a component that is at an angle to the main axis of an assembly or is in some other way asymmetrical. a skew bevel gear. 3. mathematics. a.
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.
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.
Definition of skew verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
skew. 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 ...
To make slanting or oblique; set at a slant. Webster's New World. To turn or place at an angle. Skew the cutting edge of a plane. American Heritage. To bias, distort, or pervert. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To take a slanting or oblique course or direction; swerve or twist. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
