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1. (v.i.) digress
to wander away from the main topic or argument in speaking or writing.
2. digress
Archaic. to turn aside.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L dīgressus, ptp. of dīgredī to go off, depart, digress =dī-di -2+-gredī, comb. form of gradī to go; cf. grade)
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1. (verb) digress, stray, divagate, wander
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
"She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
2. (verb) sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle
wander from a direct or straight course
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1. (noun) Digress
digression
2. (verb) Digress
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
3. (verb) Digress
to turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend
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Sense: to wander from the point, or from the main subject in speaking or writing.
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 Afrikaans: afdwaal |
 Arabic: يَنْحَرِفُ عن المَوضوع ال |
 Bulgarian: отклонявам се |
 Brazilian: divagar |
 Czech: odbočit |
 German: abschweifen |
 Danish: bevæge sig væk fra emnet |
 Greek: ξεφεύγω, παρεκκλίνω από τ |
 Spanish: divagar, desviarse del te |
 Estonian: (asjast) kõrvale kalduma |
 Farsi: از موضوع پرت شدن؛ از این |
 Finnish: poiketa aiheesta |
 French: faire une digression |
 Hebrew: לִסטוֹת |
 Hindi: विषयांतर करना |
 Croatian: udaljiti se od predmeta |
 Hungarian: elkalandozik |
 Indonesian: menyimpang |
 Icelandic: geraútúrdúr |
 Italian: divagare |
 Japanese: わき道へそれる |
 Korean: 벗어나다 |
 Lithuanian: nukrypti |
 Latvian: novirzīties (no temata) |
 Malay: menyimpang |
 Dutch: afdwalen |
 Norwegian: komme bort fra emnet, hav |
 Polish: robić dygresje |
 Persian: از موضوع پرت شدن؛ از این |
 Pashto: يوى خواته كېدل، له اتساسى |
 Portuguese: divagar |
 Romanian: a face o digresiune |
 Russian: отклоняться |
 Slovak: odbočiť |
 Slovenian: oddaljiti se |
 Serbian: odstupiti |
 Swedish: göra en utvikning, komma |
 Thai: พูดนอกเรื่อง |
 Turkish: konudan ayrılmak |
 Taiwanese: 離開主題 |
 Ukrainian: відхилятися |
 Urdu: اصل موضوع سے گریز کرنا |
 Vietnamese: lạc đề |
 Chinese: 离开主题 |
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