corner

I UK [ˈkɔː(r)nə(r)] / US [ˈkɔrnər] noun [countable]
Word forms "corner":
singular corner plural corners
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1)

a) the part of something square or rectangular where two edges meet

Watch the baby – that table has sharp corners.

at/in the corner:

The date is displayed in the corner of the screen.

I had to park in the far corner of the car park.

right-hand/left-hand corner:

That's me, in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture.

b) a place where two sides or walls meet, usually inside a room or a box

corner of:

In a dark corner of the room stood a tall man.

in the corner:

She sat in the corner reading.

2)

a) a place where two roads or paths meet

on/at the corner:

I get my newspaper from the shop on the corner.

turn the corner (= go around it):

As she turned the corner into Bank Street, she saw us.

street corner:

people begging on street corners

b) a sharp bend in a road, where you cannot see what is coming

Slow down for the corner.

3) the end of your mouth or eye

corner of:

A tear trickled from the corner of her eye.

The corners of his mouth turned down disapprovingly.

4) a small area away from the centre, especially one that is quiet, peaceful, or secret

Let's find a quiet corner and talk about it.

corner of:

Plant it in a sunny corner of your garden.

the four corners of the earth/globe/world etc:

People came from the four corners of the earth to take part in these games.

5) a difficult situation that you cannot easily escape from

The government is in a corner on the subject of taxes.

tight corner (= difficult situation):

We've got out of tighter corners than this!

back/force someone into a corner:

They had me forced into a corner, and I had to admit the truth.

6) in football, hockey etc, a kick or hit that one team is allowed to take from a corner of the field, near the goal where they are trying to score

England's first goal came from a corner.

7) in boxing or wrestling, one of the corners of the square ring where the fighting happens

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around/round the corner — not far away; coming very soon

The kids go to school just around the corner.

Spring is just around the corner.

turn the/a corner — to begin to be healthy, happy, or successful again after a difficult period

Has the economy finally turned the corner?

With this new job I feel I'm turning a corner.

- out of the corner of your eye

See:

cut I, fight I

II UK [ˈkɔː(r)nə(r)] / US [ˈkɔrnər] verb
Word forms "corner":
present tense I/you/we/they corner he/she/it corners present participle cornering past tense cornered past participle cornered

1) [transitive] to find someone and make them talk to you when they have been trying to avoid this

He cornered me and asked me why I was late.

a) to force a person or animal into a place that they cannot move away from

He cornered her and tried to kiss her.

have someone/something cornered:

The dogs had the cat cornered.

b) to put someone in a situation where they have to do something that you want

Cornered, he handed her the letter.

2) [transitive] to get control of an area of business so that no one else can succeed in it, for example because you own all the supply of a particular product

Hamden had managed to corner the entire grain supply.

corner the market (in something):

Her company has cornered the market in frozen vegetarian meals.

3) [intransitive] if a car corners, it moves around a corner or bend in the road