digression
An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writingAn aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
» The digression is escalating more and more.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.
a message that departs from the main subject
(countable, uncountable)The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
make digression... by way of digression...
Exkurs, Umschweif, Abschweifung
отступле́ниеotstuplénije, отклоне́ниеotklonénije
(countable, uncountable)An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A deviation, an act of straying from a path.
Examples
6 sentencesThe digression is escalating more and more.
Allow me to make a small digression.
ruПозволю себе небольшое лирическое отступление.
Keep the discussion centered on the main topic at hand, without any digressions.
This is a lyrical digression.
ruЭто лирическое отступление.
It was a lyrical digression.
ruЭто было лирическое отступление.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French digressiun or disgressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from dīgressus + -iō (From Old French digressiun or disgressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from dīgressus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs), the past passive participle of dīgredior (“to step away, to digress”), from dis- + gradior (“to step, walk, go”).
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Forms
plural: digressionsSynonyms
11 synonyms- wandering from the main path of a journey:excursion
- a message that departs from the main subject:asideexcursusdivagationparenthesis
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern):diversiondeviationdeflectiondeflexiondivagation
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable