skew
To form or shape in an oblique wayTo form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
» Something is being skewed in the data.
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7 senses(transitive)To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
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To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
(transitive)To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
(transitive)To bias or distort in a particular direction.
A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results.
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(Northumbria, Yorkshire, transitive)To hurl or throw.
(intransitive)To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
(intransitive)To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
(intransitive)To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- turn or place at an angle
Examples
5 sentencesSomething is being skewed in the data.
American politics as a whole are skewed to the right.
They were, though, badly wrong because their samples were skewed.
His wig is skew.
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Many straight people with monkeypox symptoms aren't being tested because they don't fit the profile, skewing the data in the process.
Translations
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Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English skeuen, skewe, skewen (“to run at an angle or obliThe verb is derived from Middle English skeuen, skewe, skewen (“to run at an angle or obliquely; to escape”), from Old Northern French escuer [and other forms], variants of Old French eschuer, eschever, eschiver (“to escape, flee; to avoid”) (modern French esquiver (“to dodge (a blow), duck; to elude, evade; to slip away; to sidestep”)), from Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread; to avoid, shun”), from Proto-Germanic *skiuhijaną (“to frighten”). The English word is cognate with Catalan esquiu (“evasive, shy”), Danish skæv (“crooked, slanting; skew, wry”) (> Norwegian Bokmål skjev), Dutch scheef (“crooked, slanting”), Norwegian skeiv (“crooked, lopsided; oblique, slanting; distorted”), Saterland Frisian skeeuw (“aslant, slanting; oblique; awry”), and is a doublet of eschew.
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Forms
skews, skewing, skewed, skewedSynonyms
40 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle