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digress

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di·gress  (d-grs, d-)
intr.v. di·gressed, di·gress·ing, di·gress·es
To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray. See Synonyms at swerve.

[Latin dgred, dgress- : d-, dis-, apart; see dis- + grad, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]

digress [daɪˈgrɛs]
vb (intr)
1. to depart from the main subject in speech or writing
2. to wander from one's path or main direction
[from Latin dīgressus turned aside, from dīgredī, from dis- apart + gradī to go]
digresser  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.digress - 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"
tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
2.digress - wander from a direct or straight course
deviate, divert - turn aside; turn away from

digress
verb wander, drift, stray, depart, ramble, meander, diverge, deviate, turn aside, be diffuse, expatiate, go off at a tangent, get off the point or subject She digressed from the matter under discussion.
Translations
digress [daɪˈgres] VIhacer una digresión (pej) → divagar
to digress from the subjectapartarse del tema
but I digress (often hum) → pero me estoy apartando del tema

digress [daɪˈgrɛs] vi (= get off the subject) → faire une digression
to digress from sth [+ topic, subject] → s'écarter de qch, s'éloigner de qch

digress

digress [daɪˈgrɛs] vi to digress (from)divagare (da), fare digressioni (da)
digress [daɪˈgrɛs] vi to digress (from)divagare (da), fare digressioni (da)

digress
v digress [daiˈgres]
to wander from the point, or from the main subject in speaking or writing. afdwaal يَنْحَرِفُ عن المَوضوع الرَّئيسي، يَحيد، يَسْتَطْرِدُ отклонявам се odbočit bevæge sig væk fra emnet abschweifen ξεφεύγω, παρεκκλίνω από το θέμα μου divagar, desviarse del tema, hacer digresiones (asjast) kõrvale kalduma از موضوع پرت شدن؛ از این شاخه به آن شاخه پریدن poiketa aiheesta faire une digression לִסטוֹת विषयांतर करना udaljiti se od predmeta elkalandozik menyimpang gera útúrdúr divagare わき道へそれる 벗어나다 nukrypti novirzīties (no temata) menyimpang afdwalen komme bort fra emnet, havne viddene robić dygresje divagar a face o digresiune отклоняться odbočiť oddaljiti se odstupiti göra en utvikning, komma från ämnet พูดนอกเรื่อง konudan ayrılmak 離開主題 відхилятися اصل موضوع سے گریز کرنا lạc đề
n diˈgression [-ʃən]
afwyking إنْحِراف عن الموضوع، إسْتِطْراد отклонение odbočení, odbočka sidebemærkning die Abschweifung παρέκκλιση digresión kõrvalepõige انحراف؛ پرت شدن syrjähyppy digression סְטִייָה विषयांतर digresija, udaljavanje od predmeta elkalandozás penyimpangan útúrdúr digressione 逸脱 벗어남 nukrypimas novirzīšanās (no temata) penyimpangan afdwaling digresjon, sidebemerkning dygresja digressão digresiune отклонение odbočka, odbočenie oddaljitev digresija avvikelse, utvikning การพูดนอกเรื่อง konudan ayrılma 離題 відхилення موضوع سے گریز sự lạc đề


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Reader, I think proper, before we proceed any farther together, to acquaint thee that I intend to digress, through this whole history, as often as I see occasion, of which I am myself a better judge than any pitiful critic whatever; and here I must desire all those critics to mind their own business, and not to intermeddle with affairs or works which no ways concern them; for till they produce the authority by which they are constituted judges, I shall not plead to their jurisdiction.
By-and-by, when you've got a name, you can afford to digress, and have philosophical and metaphysical people in your novels," said Amy, who took a strictly practical view of the subject.
And here I will digress a moment to make a single remark on a subject of which popular feeling, in America, under the influence of popular habits, is apt to take an exparte view.
 
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