corner

Meaning

Noun

1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
2. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
3. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
4. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
5. (Maine) The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
6. (attributive) The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
7. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
8. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
9. An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
10. A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
11. (figuratively) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
12. Relating to the playing field.
13. Relating to the playing field.
14. Relating to the playing field.
15. Relating to the playing field.
16. Relating to the playing field.
17. (broadly) Relating to the playing field.
18. A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
19. (obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.

Verb

1. (transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
2. (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
3. (transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
4. (transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
5. (transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
6. (intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
7. (transitive) To supply with corners.

Intj

Spoken by service staff such as waiters when walking around a corner, to warn other staff and prevent a collision.

Synonyms

angle

nook

edge

horn

bend

curve

side

niche

end

🔚

point

shore

monopolize

trap

🪤

street corner

bank

🏦

quoin

corner the market

corner kick

inside corner

tree

🌳

turn

capture

crook

cranny

nose

👃

recess

rim

engross

box

📦

turning point

snare

recession

drive

section

surround

bend in the road

place

catch

in a corner

hoard

land

extremity

country

absorb

hem in

enmesh

ensnare

entrap

herd

remote place

Translations

coin

Ecke

angolo

esquina

rincón

Winkel

angle

γωνία

hoek

racó

canto

ángulo

رُكْن

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: corner

Cognate with Old French: cornier

Cognate with Frankish: *hurnijā

Cognate with Middle English: hirn

Cognate with Old English: hyrne

In summary

From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). The sense of "angle, corner" in Old French is not found in Latin or other Romance languages. It was possibly calqued from Frankish *hurnijā (“corner, angle”), which is similar to, and derived from *hurn, the Frankish word for "horn". Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook, corner”), itself related to horn.

Sentences

Tully took a corner for Celtic and swung the ball directly into the net .

Stamford is located near the southwestern corner of Vermont , on the Massachusetts state line .