slope
/sloʊp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the perspective of an observer.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
a concept or idea which suggests a type of oblique or accelerating progression
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An East or Southeast Asian person, especially one that is Chinese.
Countable; Offensive; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "the slope"
- "She looked down a slope, needing to squint for the sunlight, onto a vast sprawl of houses which had grown up all together, like a well-tended crop, from the dull brown earth..."
- "I had to climb a small slope to get to the site."
- "a steep slope"
- "The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point."
- "The slope of this line is 0.5"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sloʊp/
- British English: /sləʊp/
Usage
Inflected Forms
slopes (plural)
slopes (present, singular)
sloping (participle, present)
sloped (participle, past)
sloped (past)
more slope (comparative)
most slope (superlative)