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digress

English

Etymology

From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: di?gress
  • IPA(key): /da?????s/, /d?????s/
  • Rhymes: -?s

Verb

digress (third-person singular simple present digresses, present participle digressing, simple past and past participle digressed)

  1. (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
    • Moreover she beginneth to digress in latitude.
    • In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term.
  2. (intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
    • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act 5 Scene 3
      Thy overflow of good converts to bad;
      And thy abundant goodness shall excuse
      This deadly blot in thy digressing son.

Usage notes

Often heard in the set phrase But I digress, where the word behaves as a stative verb, whereas it otherwise patterns as a dynamic verb.

Synonyms

  • (turn from the course of argument): sidetrack

Related terms

  • digression
  • digressive
  • excursive

Translations

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deflect

English

Etymology

From Latin deflecto, from de- + flecto (to bend).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??fl?kt/
  • Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

deflect (third-person singular simple present deflects, present participle deflecting, simple past and past participle deflected)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path.
  2. (transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.
  3. (intransitive) To deviate from its original path.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
    Synonym: elude
    The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
  5. (transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
    • 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]
      Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.

Derived terms

  • deflector

Related terms

  • deflection

Translations

Anagrams

  • clefted

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