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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
di
vi
eIt
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| inflections: |
deviates, deviating, deviated |
| definition 1: |
to turn away from a direct or prescribed course.
The rocket deviated from its charted path.
- synonyms:
- deflect, depart, diverge, divert, drift, stray, swerve, veer
- similar words:
- digress, divagate, err, maunder, meander, ramble, rove, vary, wander, warp
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| definition 2: |
to stray from typical, predicted, or average behavior.
He deviated from his usual routine on this particular morning.This school deviates from national norms with respect to test scores--the scores here are much higher.- synonyms:
- depart, diverge, stray, vary
- similar words:
- differ, err
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| related words: |
alter, branch, change, depart, divert, drift, go wrong, mistake, switch, tack, warp, wrench |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause to turn away from a prescribed course.
Our plane was deviated to Detroit because of fog in Chicago.- synonyms:
- deflect, diverge, divert, swerve, veer
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| definition 2: |
to cause to stray from normal or accepted behavior.
- similar words:
- diverge
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| related words: |
alter, turn |
adverb + (v.)deviate
never, rarely
(v.)deviate
+ adverb
considerably, radically, sharply, significantly, slightly, somewhat, substantially
(v.)deviate
+ noun
assumption,
conclusion,
conduct,
course,
curriculum,
definition,
expectation,
flight,
formula,
functioning,
guideline,
ideal,
instruction,
line,
model,
norm,
path,
pattern,
plan,
policy,
practice,
principle,
procedure,
protocol,
regime,
ritual,
route,
routine,
rule,
score,
script,
septum,
standard,
teaching,
tradition,
trajectory
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
di
vi
iht
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| definition: |
deviant.
She was ordered to see a psychiatrist for treatment of deviate behavior.- synonyms:
- aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, divergent, eccentric, irregular, variant
- similar words:
- errant, exceptional, odd, perverted, singular, strange
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a deviant.
A nineteenth century woman who did not want to marry would have been considered a deviate.- synonyms:
- eccentric, nonconformist
- similar words:
- maverick, original
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| related words: |
pervert |
| derivation: |
deviator (n.) |
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