corner
verb/ˈkɔːnə(r)/
/ˈkɔːrnər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they corner | /ˈkɔːnə(r)/ /ˈkɔːrnər/ |
| he / she / it corners | /ˈkɔːnəz/ /ˈkɔːrnərz/ |
| past simple cornered | /ˈkɔːnəd/ /ˈkɔːrnərd/ |
| past participle cornered | /ˈkɔːnəd/ /ˈkɔːrnərd/ |
| -ing form cornering | /ˈkɔːnərɪŋ/ /ˈkɔːrnərɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, often passive] corner somebody/something to get a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot escape
- The man was finally cornered by police in a garage.
- If cornered, the snake will defend itself.
- [transitive] corner somebody to go towards somebody in a determined way, because you want to speak to them
- I found myself cornered by her on the stairs.
- [transitive] corner the market (in something) to get control of the trade in a particular type of goods
- They've cornered the market in silver.
Extra Examples- The firm has cornered the UK computer market.
- He made his millions by cornering the estate-agency business in the town.
- [intransitive] to go around a corner
- The car corners well (= it is easy to go around corners in it).
trap somebody
the market
of vehicle/driver
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.
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