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verb (used without object)
1.
to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
verb (used with object)
3.
to alter the direction or course of; turn.
4.
Nautical. to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear.
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noun
5.
a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.
Origin:
1575–85; < Middle French virer to turn
1575–85; < Middle French virer to turn
Related forms
veer·ing·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. deviate, swerve, diverge.
1. deviate, swerve, diverge.
Example Sentences
- Every few months the dean decides the strategy of the faculty will veer off in a new, and completely stupid direction.
- To occupy his time, he had to veer off the straight and narrow.
- Television reports on the elderly and their problems usually veer between sentimentality and depression.
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| veer1 (vɪə) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to alter direction (of); swing around |
| 2. | (intr) to change from one position, opinion, etc, to another |
| 3. | (intr) |
| a. (of the wind) to change direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern | |
| b. nautical Compare haul to blow from a direction nearer the stern | |
| 4. | nautical to steer (a vessel) off the wind |
| —n | |
| 5. | a change of course or direction |
| [C16: from Old French virer, probably of Celtic origin; compare Welsh gwyro to diverge] | |
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Word Origin & History
veer
1580s, "to change direction" (originally with ref. to the wind), from M.Fr. virer "to turn," of uncertain origin, perhaps from the L. stem vir- in viriae (pl.) "bracelets;" or perhaps from a V.L. contraction of L. vibrare "to shake." Related: veered, veering.
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