vääristää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bias noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
- distort verb To twist something out of its normal shape.
- scramble verb To move quickly and awkwardly, often using hands and feet, especially over rough ground.
- skew verb To turn or set something at a slant rather than straight.
- warp noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.
Senses
vääristää is used for these senses in English:
- bias (transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
- distort (transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
- distort (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
- scramble (transitive) To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
- skew (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- warp (transitive) To twist or turn (something) out of shape; to deform.
bias — full definition
- noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
- noun A diagonal direction across woven fabric, cut at 45 degrees to the straight threads.
- noun In statistics, a systematic error that skews a measurement or estimate away from the true value.
- verb To unfairly influence someone or something in a particular direction.
distort — full definition
- verb To twist something out of its normal shape.
- verb To give a false or misleading version of the truth.
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