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გამოთქმა: /ˈkɔːnə/

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Universal
  • 1a place or angle where two sides or edges meet:Jan sat at one corner of the table
  • the area inside a room or other space near the place where two walls or other surfaces meet:the colour TV in the corner of the room
  • a place where two or more streets meet:the huge bookshop on the corner
  • a sharp bend in a road:they took the corner in a skidding turn
  • Climbing, British a place where two planes of rock meet at an angle of between 60° and 120°.
  • 2a location or area, especially one regarded as secluded or remote:fountains are discovered in quiet corners and sleepy squares dance professionals from all corners of the globe attended the five-day festival figurativeshe couldn’t bear journalists prying into every corner of her life
  • 3a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity:London doesn’t have a corner on film festivals
  • 4a difficult or awkward situation:I didn’t wait for the prosecutor to try to get me in a corner
  • 5 (also corner kick) Soccer a place kick taken by the attacking side from a corner of the field after the ball has been sent over the byline by a defender: he put a corner kick deep into the heart of the Southampton penalty area
  • a free hit in field hockey, taken from the corner of the field.
  • 6 Boxing & Wrestling each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds: when the bell sounded he turned to go back to his corner
  • a contestant’s supporters or seconds:Hodkinson was encouraged by his corner
  • 7British a triangular cut from the hind end of a side of bacon.

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape:the man was eventually cornered by police dogs
  • detain (someone) in conversation:I managed to corner Gary for fifteen minutes
  • 2control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity:whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen
  • establish a corner in (a commodity):you cornered vanadium and made a killing
  • 3 [no object] (of a vehicle) go round a bend in a road:no squeal is evident from the tyres when cornering fast

(just) around (or round) the corner

very near:there’s a chemist round the corner

fight one's corner

defend one’s position or interests:we need someone in the cabinet to fight our corner

in someone's corner

on someone’s side; giving someone support and encouragement: he is a former pupil; I feel very sorry for him and I am still in his corner

on (or at or in) every corner

everywhere:there are saloons on every corner

see someone/thing out of (or from) the corner of one's eye

see someone or something at the edge of one’s field of vision: out of the corner of his eye he could see Maisie

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