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skews
We have found lemma(root) word of skews : skew.
Definitions
[skjuː], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked
(e.g: his hat looked slightly skew)
- (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting
- (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical
Phrases:
- on the skew
Origin
:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘move obliquely’): shortening of Old Northern French eskiuwer, variant of Old French eschiver ‘eschew’. The adjective and noun (early 17th century) are from the verb
[skjuː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an oblique angle; a slant
- a bias towards one particular group or subject
(e.g: the paper had a working-class skew)
- the state of not being symmetrical
Phrases:
- on the skew
Origin
:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘move obliquely’): shortening of Old Northern French eskiuwer, variant of Old French eschiver ‘eschew’. The adjective and noun (early 17th century) are from the verb
[skjuː], (Verb)
Definitions:
- suddenly change direction or position
(e.g: the car had skewed across the track)
- make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading
(e.g: the curriculum is skewed towards the practical subjects)
- cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical
(e.g: the distributions were skewed to the right)
Phrases:
- on the skew
Origin
:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘move obliquely’): shortening of Old Northern French eskiuwer, variant of Old French eschiver ‘eschew’. The adjective and noun (early 17th century) are from the verb
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