Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To turn aside, especially to depart temporarily from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray. synonym: swerve.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A digression.
- To turn aside from the direct or appointed course; deviate or wander away, as from the main road, from the main tenor and purpose in speaking or writing, or from the principal line of argument, study, or occupation.
- To turn aside from the right path; transgress; offend.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Digression.
- intransitive verb 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.
- intransitive verb rare To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive : To step or turn
aside ; todeviate ; toswerve ; especially, to turn aside from the main subject ofattention , or course ofargument , in writing or speaking. - verb intransitive : To turn aside from the right path; to
transgress ; tooffend .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb wander from a direct or straight course
- verb lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At this point I must once again digress briefly to say that I am totally in agreement with the response of the President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Joe Morris, to the announcement last week that the federal government intends to impose works councils on industries coming under federal jurisdiction.
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Not to digress from the thread about Darth Cheney, but there’s a copy of the suspect’s manifesto online.
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In fact, the response went on to totally digress from the topic and talked more about the airline’s new premium cabins, and not customer service.
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In fact, the response went on to totally digress from the topic and talked more about the airline’s new premium cabins, and not customer service.
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I just met you and I already think you’re awesome. on January 4, 2008 at 12: 00 pm | Reply damsel in digress awesome post, ds. i hate that i went missing … i feel like i have so much catching up to do! but posts like this?
A reawakening. « 2008
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But you already knew that. on December 19, 2007 at 1: 07 pm | Reply damsel in digress i’m going to just be repeating everyone (damn my tardiness in getting around to your comments) but
Culture shock. « 2007
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Anyway I digress, that is alleged schoolboy nazi salutes under the bridge.
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But I digress, which is an easy thing to do when writing about breasts and the beautification thereof.
Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us 2010
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By the way, how do you 'digress' in a topic labeled General?
�Viva M�xico! 2003
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But I digress, that is not what I’m writing about, I am writing about a place near the Rockefeller Center.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Fan post about Nintendo World 2005
bilby commented on the word digress
Wow, check out the head vexample.
And this :-(
"If we had scanned him in Adelaide and it showed nothing, we would have exposed him to radiation for no particular reason, so going over to Perth was the sensible thing to do. Going into the game he actually had no pain and got through the game reasonably well, but his back digressed to where it was before the Adelaide game, and that's when we investigated it."
- Alex Kountouris, quoted in Chloe Saltau & Jamie Pandaram, Siddle out for five months , theage.com.au, 4 Feb 2010.
February 4, 2010