Meaning

2 senses

  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.

    abgehen, abschweifen, ausschweifen

    отклоня́тьсяotklonjátʹsja, отвлекатьсяotvlekatʹsja

    lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

  2. (intransitive)To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

    отступа́тьotstupátʹ

Examples

8 sentences

  1. After digressing, he returned to the subject.

    deNachdem er abgeschweift war, kehrte er zum Thema zurück.

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  2. Tom digressed from the subject several times.

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  3. Tom has digressed from the subject several times.

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  4. I'm sorry, I digress.

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  5. You tend to digress.

    deSie neigen dazu abzuschweifen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to deviate — see also go off on a tangent, deviate:
to transgress:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to deviate — see also go off on a tangent, deviate:

Origin

From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

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Forms

digresses, digressing, digressed, digressed
Base formdigress · to digress
3rd person singulardigresses
Present participledigressing
Past simpledigressed
Past participledigressed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydigress
he, she, itdigresses

Past simpleLesson

all personsdigressed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave digressed
he, she, ithas digressed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill digress

Synonyms

6 synonyms
turn from the course of argument:strayC1sidetrackdivagate
Close in meaning
  • lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking:straydivagatewander
  • wander from a direct or straight course:sidetrackdepartstraggle

Antonyms

1 antonyms
turn from the course of argument:recur

Word family

5 related words
Relateddigressiondigressiveexcursive
Deriveddigressinglyredigress

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dignifyB2dignitarydignityB2digressiondikedilapidate
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