Meaning & use
corner kick
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Meaning
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In soccer, a free kick taken from the corner of the field after the ball goes out over the goal line, last touched by a defender.
Grammar: Countable; often used with 'take', 'win', or 'award'.
Patterns
- take a corner kick
- win a corner kick
- award a corner kick
The referee awarded a corner kick after the defender cleared the ball out.
She took the corner kick and curled it into the goal area.
They scored from a corner kick in the final minute.
Word forms
| plural | corner kicks |
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Common combinations
- take a corner kick
- He took the corner kick quickly.
- win a corner kick
- The team won a corner kick after a deflected shot.
- award a corner kick
- The referee awarded a corner kick to the attacking side.
- corner kick routine
- They practiced a new corner kick routine.
Synonyms and how they differ
- corner
- In soccer, 'corner' is a shorter, informal way to say corner kick.
Opposites
Word family
- corner noun
- The area of the field where the kick is taken.
Commonly confused: corner kick or goal kick?
corner kick vs goal kick
A goal kick is taken by the defending team from the goal area; a corner kick is taken by the attacking team from the corner.
Practice
When is a corner kick awarded?
Choose one answer.
A corner kick is given to the attacking team when the ball crosses the goal line last touched by a defender; if an attacker touched it last, it's a goal kick.
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