CATER-CORNERED Definition & Meaning

cater-cornered

[ kat-i-kawr-nerd, kat-ee-, kat-er- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

diagonal.

adverb

diagonally.

cater-cornered

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adjective

informal.
diagonally placed; diagonal Alsocatty-corneredkitty-cornered

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cater-cornered¹

First recorded in 1830–40; dialectal cater (adverb) diagonally (probably to be identified with obsolete cater “four,” from Middle French, quatre, from Latin quattuor ) + cornered

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cater-cornered¹

C16 cater, from dialect cater (adv) diagonally, from obsolete cater (n) four-spot of dice, from Old French quatre four, from Latin quattuor

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The new Colburn structure is under construction on a former parking lot, cater-cornered to the current campus, at 2nd and Olive streets just east of the Grand, creating three contiguous blocks of Gehry-designed buildings.

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Lander will drop you at Hiawatha Playfield, another green space good for a break, which is cater-cornered from Safeway, prime for a bathroom and water if need be.

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The event will be on the northeast corner of 18th Street and Columbia Road, cater-cornered from where the doomed theater stood.

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In the bathroom, the two sinks are cater-cornered.

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“We put a ‘Soul Brother’ sign out front,” recalled Rick Lee, whose family still owns Lee’s Flower Shop, which is cater-cornered from Industrial Bank.

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