Definitions for corner
ˈkɔr nərcor·ner

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. cornernoun

   a place off to the side of an area

   "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"

2. cornernoun

   the point where two lines meet or intersect

   "the corners of a rectangle"

3. corner, nooknoun

   an interior angle formed by two meeting walls

   "a piano was in one corner of the room"

4. corner, street corner, turning pointnoun

   the intersection of two streets

   "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

5. cornernoun

   the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

   "the corners of a cube"

6. recess, recession, niche, cornernoun

   a small concavity

7. cornernoun

   a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

   "a corner on the silver market"

8. corner, boxnoun

   a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

   "his lying got him into a tight corner"

9. cornernoun

   a projecting part where two sides or edges meet

   "he knocked off the corners"

10. cornernoun

    a remote area

    "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"

11. corner, quoinverb

    (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

12. cornerverb

    gain control over

    "corner the gold market"

13. corner, treeverb

    force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

14. cornerverb

    turn a corner

    "the car corners"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cornernoun

   The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

   The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.

2. cornernoun

   The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.

   The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.

3. cornernoun

   The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.

   Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.

4. cornernoun

   An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.

   The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.

5. cornernoun

   An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.

6. cornernoun

   A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

   On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.

7. cornernoun

   A monopoly or controlling interest in a salable commodity, allowing the controlling party to dictate terms of sale.

   In the 1970's, private investors tried to obtain a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.

8. cornernoun

   One of the four vertices of the strike zone.

   The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.

9. cornernoun

   first base or third base.

   There are runners on the corners with just one out.

10. cornerverb

    To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space.

    The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.

11. cornerverb

    To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

    The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.

12. cornerverb

    To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it.

13. cornerverb

    To turn a corner or drive around a curve.

    As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.

14. cornerverb

    To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.

    That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.

15. cornernoun

    A corner kick.

16. Etymology: From corner, from cornere (compare cornier, corniere), from corne, from *, from cornua, plural of cornu. More at hirn.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CORNERnoun

   Etymology: cornel, Welsh; cornier, French.

   1. An angle; a place inclosed by two walls or lines, which would intersect each other, if drawn beyond the point where they meet.2. A secret or remote place.

   There’s nothing I have done yet, o’ my conscience,
   Deserves a corner. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   It is better to dwell in a corner of a house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. Proverbs, xxv. 24.

   I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. Acts, xxvi. 26.

   All the inhabitants, in every corner of the island, have been absolutely reduced under his immediate subjection. Davies.

   Those vices, that lurk in the secret corners of the soul. Addis.

   Your active search
   Leaves no cold wintry corner unexplor’d. James Thomson, Spring.

   3. The extremities; the utmost limit: thus every corner is the whole or every part.

   Might I but through my prison, once a day,
   Behold this maid, all corners else o’ th’ earth
   Let liberty make use of. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   I turn’d, and try’d each corner of my bed,
   To find if sleep were there; but sleep was lost. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corner

   The Corner is the second single released by rapper Common on his sixth album, Be. It features a chorus and production by Kanye West as well as spoken word lyrics by The Last Poets. The song's lyrics deal with street corners in poor neighborhoods. The song's beat contains samples from "You Make the Sun Shine" by The Temprees and "What It Is" by The Temptations. Because of the song's gritty sound, some fans considered it to be a return to Common's Resurrection days. A music video directed by Kanye West was made for "The Corner."

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corner

   A corner typically refers to the point where two lines or surfaces meet, forming an angle. It can also refer to a specific location, often within a building or a room, where two walls meet. Additionally, in sports such as soccer or boxing, a corner stands for a free-kick or a neutral corner, respectively, where players or fighters take certain positions during the game or match.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cornernoun

   the point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal

2. Cornernoun

   the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner

3. Cornernoun

   an edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part

4. Cornernoun

   a secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook

5. Cornernoun

   direction; quarter

6. Cornernoun

   the state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock

7. Cornerverb

   to drive into a corner

8. Cornerverb

   to drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument

9. Cornerverb

   to get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum

10. Etymology: [OF. corniere, cornier, LL. cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See Horn.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corner

   kor′nėr, n. the point where two lines meet: a secret or confined place: an embarrassing position, difficulty: (obs.) a point in a rubber at whist: a free kick given to the opposite side when a player in football kicks the ball over his own goal-line: an operation by which the whole of a stock or commodity is bought up, so that speculative sellers are compelled to buy, to meet their engagements, at the corner-men's own price.—v.t. to supply with corners: to put in a corner: to put in a fix or difficulty.—adj. Cor′nered, having corners: put in a difficult position.—n. Cor′ner-stone, the stone which unites the two walls of a building at a corner: the principal stone, esp. the corner of the foundation of a building—hence (fig.) something of very great importance.—n.pl. Cor′ner-teeth, the lateral incisors of a horse, above and below.—adv. Cor′ner-wise, with the corner in front: diagonally.—Cut off a corner, to take a short cut; Done in a corner, done secretly: Drive into a corner, to put in a fix: to bring to bay; Keep a corner, to reserve a place; The Corner (slang), Tattersall's betting-rooms in London, till 1867 at Hyde Park Corner; Turn the corner, to go round the corner: to get past a difficulty; Within the four corners of, contained in (of a document, &c.). [O. Fr. corniere—L. cornu.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corner

   The creation of a monopoly of prices in respect of natural produce or manufactured goods. The allusion here is to speculators who agreed in a quiet corner, at or near the Exchange, to buy up the whole market.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CORNER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Corner is ranked #13477 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Corner surname appeared 2,256 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Corner.
   
   73.2% or 1,652 total occurrences were White.
   20.7% or 469 total occurrences were Black.
   3.3% or 76 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 39 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Area
   • Control
   • Monopoly
   • Part
   • Point
   • Turn

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'corner' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1508

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'corner' in Written Corpus Frequency: #925

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'corner' in Nouns Frequency: #513

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How to pronounce corner?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say corner in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of corner in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of corner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of corner in a Sentence

1. Bill Maher:

   That's the problem in America. There is just one view, one true opinion. And everyone else can go sit in the corner, can we just understand that part of our sorry racial history in this country is that the point of view from a Black person is often going to be very different and sometimes shocking to a White person ?

2. Debra Aho Williamson:

   There's more to do here, but I'm proud of the work that we've done to get in front of these issues, we've started to turn a corner and have a clear plan for what we need to do now.

3. Philip Marey:

   We are currently 40 percent for September and 60 for December because there are still doubts in the corner of the doves, i think if you are going to hike rates for the first time in many years you want show a united front. If they went in September there would probably be quite a few doves voting against it.

4. Benjamin Jones:

   I yanked that Luger out and shot a German looking around the corner. I shot that sucker in the head before he could get me and then another one bobbed up almost the same place. I shot him in the head with the Luger, i really felt proud of myself fighting for my life with that Luger.

5. John Maynard Keynes:

   The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=corner
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Corner
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=corner
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corner
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=corner
8. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=corner
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=corner