| query | If you d______ a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way.If you distort a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way. The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad. The minister has said his remarks at the weekend have been distorted. These figures give a distorted view of the significance for the local economy. |
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| word | distort |
| full-definition | verb If you distort a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way. The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad. The minister has said his remarks at the weekend have been distorted. These figures give a distorted view of the significance for the local economy. If something you can see or hear is distorted or distorts, its appearance or sound is changed so that it seems unclear . A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms. His size was persistently distorted by the cartoonists. This caused the sound to distort. Sound was becoming more and more distorted through the use of hearing aids. |
| inflections | distortsdistortingdistorteddistorteddistorted |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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