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- pronunciation:
- daI
gres
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
digresses, digressing, digressed |
definition: |
to stray from the main topic; ramble.
The students sometimes find the professor more interesting when he digresses into telling one of his stories.- synonyms:
- divagate, stray
- similar words:
- drift, maunder, meander, ramble, wander
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related words: |
deviate |
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derivation: |
digressingly (adv.) |
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