Synonym: bend, curl, turn, twist, wind. Similar words: survey, surveillance, survivor, survival, carve, nerve, serve, occur. Meaning: [kɜːv] n. 1. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes 2. a line on a graph representing data 3. a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approach the batter 4. the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface 5. curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.). v. 1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly 2. extend in curves and turns 3. form an arch or curve 4. bend or cause to bend 5. form a curl, curve, or kink.
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(31) It's a pretty steep learning curve when you're thrown into a job with no prior experience.
(32) The unemployment-income curve on the graph has a negative slope.
(33) One of the journalists threw the senator a curve .
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(34) We have all been through a steep learning curve to master the new procedures.
(35) We expect a learning curve as we develop the project.
(36) Belmont city leaders have never been ahead of the curve in environmental matters.
(37) At the last minute, I threw them a curve ball by saying, "We're going to bring spouses".
(38) The words suffixed with a curve are boldfaced in the printing.
(39) That steep yield curve has turned into political temptation.
(40) Why does a demand curve slope downward?
(41) A new assembly language entails yet another learning curve.
(42) Results were calculated by reference to a standard curve.
(43) Why does the supply curve slope upward?
(44) The Phillips curve: trade off or disequilibrium adjustment mechanism?
(45) But the yield curve is abnormally steep.
(46) The distance along the curve is.
(47) Trim seam allowances and clip around curve.
(48) A downsloping demand curve for the various resources.
(49) Mistair asked again for a curve down.
(50) Far away, the curve hugs the axis very closely.
(51) What is the shape of the aggregate supply curve?
(52) Some guys can hit a curve ball.
(53) Consider an indifference curve in space.
(54) If, however, the authorities were to control interest rates, the supply curve might become downward sloping.
(55) Where the septum meets the body wall it does so in a smooth curve.
(56) Data plotting above the standard curve were considered to represent uplifted Bunter Shale section.
(57) This aggregate supply curve is of fundamental importance to the macroeconomic policy conclusions often drawn from the rational expectations hypothesis.
(58) The curve in the middle shows what happens when a mixture of benzene and naphthalene is cooled.
(59) The Phillips curve was regarded as an inescapable constraint on policy action which the authorities could only ignore at their peril.
(60) But, because of the statistical properties of the normal curve of distribution, they do have a large effect at the extremes.