cata-cornered
- adjective
- /ˈkætəˌkɔrnərd/
- Archaic
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en diagonal
- The two houses sat cata-cornered across the busy intersection.
Examples
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The café is cata-cornered from the library.
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She parked her car cata-cornered from the main entrance to the store.
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He ran cata-cornered through the playground, cutting across instead of following the path.
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My house is cata-cornered to the park.
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The two houses sat cata-cornered across the busy intersection.
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She parked her car cata-cornered from the main entrance to the store.
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The café is cata-cornered from the library.
Synonyms
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3.2
At an angle so it runs from one side to the other
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7.9
At an angle across the corner of a street or room
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7.9
Diagonally across the street from another place
A place diagonally across an intersection from another place
Diagonally across the street at the opposite corner from another building
On the opposite corner from a place like a shop or house
At a corner diagonally across an intersection from another place
At the corner diagonally across from another place
Placed at an angle so it is not straight
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cata-cornered comes from an old part cata- meaning 'four', like you see in quarter, because it named things at opposite corners of a four-sided shape. So if something is cata-cornered, it sits 'diagonally' across from something else.