digress

dɪˈɡrɛs

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of digress - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

intr.

communicationmove away from the main topic temporarily

During the lecture, he began to digress.

deviate

stray

wander

deviation

Rare

stray from a direct or intended path

Rare

She tends to digress during her morning walks.

deviate

diverge

wander

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Expressions with digress

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but I digress

exp.

used when returning to the main topic after a side comment

We were talking about movies, but I digress.

Origin of digress

Latin, dis (apart) + gradi (to step)

Terms with digress included in their meaning

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go off at a tangent

digress

suddenly start talking about a different subject not related to main topic

stray

digress

deviate from a topic or focus

wander from the point

conversation

to digress from the main topic

discursive

adj.

rambling

tending to digress from the main point

excursive

adj.

digressive

tending to digress from the main topic

Examples of digress in a sentence

I often digress during my presentations.
He would often digress when telling stories.
The professor began to digress from the lecture topic.

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French:digresser, divaguer, ...
German:abschweifen, abkommen, ...
Italian:divagare, allontanarsi dal percorso, ...
Spanish:divagar, apartarse, ...
Portuguese:divagar, afastar-se, ...
Chinese:跑题, 偏离, ...
Japanese:脱線する, それる, ...
Arabic:اِسْتَطْرَدَ, اِنْحَرَفَ, ...
Hebrew:לִסְטוֹת, לַחֲרוֹג, ...
Russian:отвлекаться, отклоняться, ...
Ukrainian:відхилятися, відхилитися, ...
Hindi:विषयांतर करना, भटकना, ...
Bengali:প্রসঙ্গান্তরে যাওয়া, বিচ্যুত হওয়া, ...
Catalan:divagar, desviar-se, ...
Czech:odbočit, sejít, ...
Danish:komme ud på et sidespor, afvige, ...
Dutch:afdwalen, zich verliezen, ...
Greek:παρεκτρέπομαι, απομακρύνομαι, ...
Hungarian:elkalandozni, letérni, ...
Khmer:និយាយវែងឆ្ងាយពីប្រធានបទ, វង្វេងចេញពីផ្លូវ, ...
Korean:벗어나다, 일탈하다, ...
Persian:به حاشیه رفتن, منحرف شد, ...
Polish:odbiec od tematu, zbaczać, ...
Portuguese (BR):divagar, desviar-se, ...
Romanian:a divaga, a se abate, ...
Swedish:avvika, göra avstickare, ...
Thai:ออกนอกเรื่อง, ออกนอกเส้นทาง, ...
Turkish:konuyu dağıtmak, konudan sapmak, ...
Vietnamese:lạc đề, lạc hướng, ...

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