deviate

de·vi·ate

 (dē′vē-āt′)

v. de·vi·at·ed, de·vi·at·ing, de·vi·ates

v.intr.

1. To turn aside from a course or way: hikers who deviated from the main path.

2. To depart, as from a norm, purpose, or subject; differ or stray. See Synonyms at swerve.

v.tr.

To cause to turn aside or differ.

n. (-ĭt)

A deviant.

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[Late Latin dēviāre, dēviāt- : Latin dē-, de- + Latin via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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de′vi·a′tor n.

de′vi·a·to′ry (-ə-tôr′ē) adj.

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deviate

vb

1. (usually intr) to differ or diverge or cause to differ or diverge, as in belief or thought

2. (usually intr) to turn aside or cause to turn aside; diverge or cause to diverge

3. (Psychology) (intr) psychol to depart from an accepted standard or convention

n, adj

(Sociology) another word for deviant

[C17: from Late Latin dēviāre to turn aside from the direct road, from de- + via road]

ˈdeviˌator n

ˈdeviatory adj

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de•vi•ate

(v. ˈdi viˌeɪt; adj., n. -ɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj., n. v.i.

1. to turn aside, as from a route or course.

2. to depart, as from an accepted procedure, standard, or course of action.

3. to digress, as from a line of thought.

v.t.

4. to cause to swerve; turn aside.

adj.

5. characterized by deviation or departure from an accepted norm or standard, as of behavior.

n.

6. a person or thing that departs from the accepted norm or standard.

7. a person whose sexual behavior departs from the norm in a socially or morally unacceptable way.

[1625–35; < Late Latin dēviātus, past participle of dēviāre to turn into another road = Latin dē- de- + -viāre, derivative of via road, way]

de′vi•a`tor, n.

de′vi•a•to`ry (-əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) de′vi•a`tive, adj.

syn: deviate, digress, diverge imply turning or going aside from a path. To deviate is to stray from a usual or established standard, course of action, or route: Fear made him deviate from the truth. To digress is to wander from the main theme in speaking or writing: The speaker digressed to relate an amusing anecdote. To diverge is to differ or to move in different directions from a common point or course: Their interests gradually diverged.

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deviate

Past participle: deviated
Gerund: deviating

Imperative

deviate

deviate

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deviate - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior degenerate, deviant, pervert fetishist - one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) nympho, nymphomaniac - a woman with abnormal sexual desires child molester, paederast - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner miscreant, reprobate - a person without moral scruples lech, lecher, letch, satyr - man with strong sexual desires sodomist - someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
Verb	1.	deviate - turn aside; turn away from divert turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" yaw - deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship" detour - travel via a detour sidetrack, straggle, digress, depart - wander from a direct or straight course
	2.	deviate - be at variance with; be out of line with depart, vary, diverge aberrate - diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens" aberrate - diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman" belie, contradict, negate - be in contradiction with differ - be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect" conform - be similar, be in line with
	3.	deviate - cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" divert - send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one perturb - cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet" perturb - disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion" shunt - provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
Adj.	1.	deviate - markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" aberrant, deviant abnormal, unnatural - not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"

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deviate

verb differ, vary, depart, part, turn, bend, drift, wander, stray, veer, swerve, meander, diverge, digress, turn aside He didn't deviate from his schedule.

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deviate

verb

1. To turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct:

depart, digress, diverge, stray, swerve, veer.

Archaic: err.

2. To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking:

digress, divagate, diverge, ramble, stray, wander.

Idiom: go off at a tangent.

3. To change the direction or course of:

avert, deflect, divert, pivot, shift, swing, turn, veer.

noun

One whose sexual behavior differs from the accepted norm:

deviant, pervert.

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Translations

يَنْحَرِف

odchýlit se

afvige

abkommenabweichen

dévierécarter

víkja frá, bregîa út af

aberrareallontanarsideclinaredeviantedevianza

nukrypimas

novirzīties

avvike fra

sapmak

偏离

deviate

[ˈdiːvɪeɪt] VI → desviarse (from de)

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deviate

[ˈdiːvieɪt] vi
to deviate from [+ path, task, standard] → dévier de

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deviate

vi

(person: from truth, former statement, routine) → abweichen (from von)

(ship, plane, projectile) → vom Kurs abweichen or abkommen; (deliberately) → vom Kurs abgehen

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deviate

[ˈdiːvɪˌeɪt] vi to deviate (from) → deviare (da)

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deviate

(ˈdiːvieit) verb

to turn aside, especially from a right, normal or standard course. She will not deviate from her routine. afwyk يَنْحَرِف отклонявам desviar odchýlit se abweichen afvige παρεκκλίνωdesviarse hälbima منحرف شدن؛ گمراه شدن poiketa s'écarter לִסטוֹת मार्ग से अलग होना odstupiti, zastraniti eltér menyimpang víkja frá, bregða út af deviare それる 벗어나다 nukrypti novirzīties melencong afwijkenavvike fra zbaczać ګرزول، له سمى ليكى اړول، انحراف كول: ګرزېدل، له سمى لارې او ښتل desviar-se a se abate (de la) отклоняться odchýliť sa oddaljiti se, zaviti odstupiti avvika, frångå เบี่ยงเบน; ออกนอกเส้นทาง sapmak 偏 відхилятис; збочувати راہ عمل سے منحرف ہونا sai đường 偏离

ˌdeviˈation noun

afwyking إنْحِراف отклонение desvio odchylka, úchylka die Abweichung afvigelse παρέκκλισηdesviación hälve انحراف؛ گمراهی poikkeama écart, déviationסטייה लीक से हटना odstupanje, nastranost eltérés penyimpangan frávik deviazione 逸脱 벗어남 nukrypimas novirzīšanās; novirze lencongan afwijking avvikzboczenie انحراف، ګمراهى desvio abatere, deviere отклонение odchýlka odklon odstupanje avvikelse การเบี่ยงเบน; ความคลาดเคลื่อน; ความประพฤติที่เบี่ยงเบน; ความไม่เห็นพ้อง sapma 偏離 відхилення, збочення انحراف sự trệch hướng 偏离

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