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skew
skew /ˈskjuː/ verb
skews; skewed; skewing
skew
/ˈskjuː/
verb
skews; skewed; skewing
Learner's definition of SKEW
[+ object]
1 
: to change (something) so that it is not true or accurate歪曲；曲解
2 
: to make (something) favor a particular group of people in a way that is unfair使偏颇；使不公正
— usually used as (be) skewed通常用作(be) skewed — usually + toward
BNC: 20512 COCA: 12018

skew

1 of 3

verb

ˈskyü How to pronounce skew (audio)
skewed; skewing; skews

intransitive verb

1
: to take an oblique course
2
: to look askance

transitive verb

1
: to make, set, or cut on the skew
2
: to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form

skew

2 of 3

adjective

1
: set, placed, or running obliquely : slanting
2
: more developed on one side or in one direction than another : not symmetrical

skew

3 of 3

noun

: a deviation from a straight line : slant

Example Sentences

Verb They were accused of skewing the facts to fit their theory. He accused them of skewing the rules in their favor.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Art house fans tend to skew older and, initially, there was speculation that the more vulnerable senior population would be less keen to rush back to cinemas with the COVID pandemic still raging. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022 Deanna Wu, Brooklinen’s vice president of merchandising, reported that the no-top-sheet bundles tend to skew toward a younger customer base than the sheet set that includes a flat sheet. Rory Satran, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2022 TikTok has billions of daily users that tend to skew towards a younger demographic. Gene Marks, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022 There may also be systematic differences between singleton and non-singleton children that could skew the results. Nick Morrison, Forbes, 11 July 2022 It’s this fraternization with the unknown that could skew the W’s mass. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 7 Apr. 2022 Those who didn’t develop COVID served as the control group, and the researchers aimed to exclude potential confounding factors that could skew their data by matching controls to the test group as much as possible, per Nature. Serena Coady, SELF, 10 Mar. 2022 An internal memo showed Facebook researchers were worried all the negative comments could skew users' views on whether the vaccines were safe, the Journal reported. Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021 So if the Dow were to include a stock with a super high price, that would heavily skew the index’s daily performance. Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 18 July 2022
Adjective
For years, Russia has aggressively and recklessly mounted digital attacks against Ukraine, causing blackouts, attempting to skew elections, stealing data, and releasing destructive malware to rampage across the country—and the world. Wired, 5 July 2022 The run-up for stocks through last year tended to skew portfolios away from the 60-40 paradigm. Larry Light, Fortune, 11 May 2022 On the other hand, countries that have minimal risk are from a wide range of latitudes, but skew more to the poles. Emily Barone, Time, 4 May 2022 These swing voters skew young, lower-income and less-educated. Mark Penn, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 Beer and wine offerings will rotate and skew local. Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2022 The matches skew old-fashioned in their simplicity. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2022 Don't let your worries skew what should be fun memories! Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2022 Typically these errors arise from using training data sets that skew white and male. John Mcquaid, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2021
Noun
Concept and feature drift, training-production skew, cascading model failures, data pipeline issues, and outliers challenge even the most sophisticated machine learning teams deploying models that perform flawlessly in training. Aparna Dhinakaran, Forbes, 6 June 2022 The jokes may skew juvenile at times, but mostly in a Shrek way more than the worst of Saturday-morning cartoons. Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 13 June 2022 The researchers also noted that the cases of COVID-19-associated croup, largely seen in the omicron period, appeared to skew to more severe croup than what's seen in cases caused by other viral infections. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 May 2022 Annecy Festival audiences are pretty much YA, though the open air screenings skew much older. John Hopewell, Variety, 14 June 2022 Not all of the topics Dua explores through Service95 skew serious. Jen Wang, Vogue, 10 May 2022 There’s less ability to create an accurate version of oneself in the metaverse than there is on the social media platforms, and where the skew is towards better-looking, idealized avatars. Benoit Morenne, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022 This may have something to do with the fact that the brands consult data on rider physiques that span the entire globe, including demographics that skew shorter than the U.S. Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2020 The third trial, TOGETHER, accounts for 1497, which yields a definite skew towards their results. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, to escape, run obliquely, from Anglo-French *eskiuer, eschiver to escape, avoid — more at eschew

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Adjective

1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1688, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skew was in the 15th century

Phrases Containing skew
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