Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To place (something) at an angle.

    The roof is angled at 15 degrees.

    move or proceed at an angle

  2. (informal, intransitive)To change direction rapidly.

    The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.

  3. (informal, transitive)To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.

    How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?

    present with a bias

  4. (transitive)To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.

  5. (intransitive)To try to catch fish with a hook and line.

    angeln

    уди́тьudítʹ, рыба́читьrybáčitʹ

    fish with a hook

  6. (figuratively, informal)To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.

    He must be angling for a pay rise.

Examples

126 sentences

  1. A right angle has ninety degrees.

    Прямий кут має 90 градусів. — aandrusiak

    ruПрямой угол составляет 90 градусов. — sharptoothed

    deEin rechter Winkel hat neunzig Grad. — Yorwba

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  2. We considered the problem from all angles.

    Ми розглянули цю проблему з усіх боків. — deniko

    ruМы рассмотрели проблему со всех сторон. — Biga

    deWir haben das Problem aus allen Blickwinkeln betrachtet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Let's approach this problem from different angle.

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  4. Let's approach the problem from a different angle.

    ruРассмотрим проблему под другим углом. — marafon

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  5. I've decided to approach the problem from another angle.

    ruЯ решил рассмотреть проблему под другим углом. — marafon

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to fish with hook and line:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to fish with hook and line:

Origin

From Middle English anglen (“to meet at an angle, converge”), from the noun (see above).

From Middle English anglen (“to meet at an angle, converge”), from the noun (see above).

From Middle English anglen (“to fish, fish with a hook”, literally “to fish-hook”), perhaps from Old English *anglian, from Proto-West Germanic *anglōn (“to hook”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ongelje (“to fish, angle”), Dutch hengelen (“to fish, angle”), German Low German angeln (“to fish, angle”), German angeln (“to fish, angle”).

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Forms

angles, angling, angled, angled
Base formangle · to angle
3rd person singularangles
Present participleangling
Past simpleangled
Past participleangled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyangle
he, she, itangles

Past simpleLesson

all personsangled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave angled
he, she, ithas angled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill angle

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedangler
Derivedangledoganglerodangletwitchanglewormangling

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
angelicaangerB1anginaanglerangoraangrilyA2angryA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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