digress
to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
Archaic. to turn aside.
Origin of digress
1synonym study For digress
Other words for digress
Other words from digress
- di·gress·er, noun
- di·gress·ing·ly, adverb
- re·di·gress, verb (used without object)
Words that may be confused with digress
- digress , diverge
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How to use digress in a sentence
Once his one-track mind got to functioning on a certain objective it seldom digressed.
But I have already digressed too far, and must return to the main issue.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge | Arthur Christopher BensonBut to return to our former subject, from which we digressed.
"That light you see there straight ahead is in the ranch house," digressed the Indian.
Where the Trail Divides | Will LillibridgeWe have already digressed further from our original intention than we ought, and you would have us wander still further away.
Statesman | Plato
British Dictionary definitions for digress
/ (daɪˈɡrɛs) /
to depart from the main subject in speech or writing
to wander from one's path or main direction
Origin of digress
1Derived forms of digress
- digresser, noun
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