📒 a part of something where two or more sides, lines or edges join
- the four corners of a square
- I hit my knee on the corner of the table.
- Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter.
📒 with the number of corners mentioned; involving the number of groups mentioned
- a three-cornered hat
- a three-cornered fight
📒 the place inside a room or a box where two sides join; the area around this place
- A large desk occupies another corner of the room.
- He found a quiet corner and got on with his work.
- in the corner They made straight for the table in the corner.
📒 a place where two streets join
- The wind hit him as he turned the corner.
- corner of A and B the last house before the corner of Beach Road and Hill Avenue
- on the corner There was a group of youths standing on the street corner.
📒 a sharp bend in a road
- The car was taking the corners too fast.
- I hate coming out of that lane because it's a blind corner.
- It's a rather sharp corner and she took it a little too fast.
📒 a region or an area of a place (sometimes used for one that is far away or difficult to reach)
- She lives in a quiet corner of rural Yorkshire.
- Students come here from the four corners of the world.
- He knew every corner of the old town.
📒 a difficult situation
- to back/drive/force somebody into a corner
- They had got her in a corner, and there wasn't much she could do about it.
- He was used to talking his way out of tight corners.
📒 a free kick or hit that you take from the corner of your opponent’s end of the field
- Moore took the corner.
- The referee awarded a corner.
- Sancho took the corner and Kane headed it into the net.
📒 any of the four corners of a ring; the supporters who help in the corner
📒 very near
- Her house is just around the corner.
- (figurative) There were good times around the corner (= they would soon come).
📒 to support and encourage somebody; to have somebody who supports and encourages you
- He's been in my corner all these years and I can never thank him enough.
📒 to go across the corner of an area and not around the sides of it, because it is quicker
- There’s a worn patch on the grass because everyone cuts (off) the corner.
📒 to do something in the easiest, cheapest or quickest way, often by ignoring rules or leaving something out
- To be competitive, they paid low wages and cut corners on health and safety.
📒 to defend your/somebody’s position against other people
📒 to like somebody/something
- She's always had a soft corner for you.
📒 in a difficult situation
- The captain's knee injury leaves the team in a tight corner.
- She’ll always help if you’re in a tight spot.
- This could put the banks in a corner.
📒 to see something by accident or not very clearly because you see it from the side of your eye and are not looking straight at it
- Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him coming closer.
📒 to pass a very important point in an illness or a difficult situation and begin to improve
- The country's economy has finally turned the corner.