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verb (used without object)

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.

(of the wind)

to change direction clockwise (opposed to back).

Nautical. to shift to a direction more nearly astern (opposed to haul).

verb (used with object)

to alter the direction or course of; turn.

Nautical. to turn (a vessel) away from the wind; wear.

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noun

a change of direction, position, course, etc.: a sudden veer in a different direction.

Origin:
1575–85; < Middle French virer to turn

Related forms

veer·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. deviate, swerve, diverge.

Example Sentences

He unwittingly started to veer into the road, prompting an oncoming car to honk.

Sperling, while pretending to ignore her advice, did indeed veer off onto another topic.

In any case, current economic conditions will reduce the elbow room for any government keen to veer left.

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He unwittingly started to veer into the road, prompting an oncoming car to honk.

Sperling, while pretending to ignore her advice, did indeed veer off onto another topic.

In any case, current economic conditions will reduce the elbow room for any government keen to veer left.

Sometimes they veer off into the crowd, and everyone scatters and runs.

Other performers veer away from being completely educational or philosophical.

When people can learn what others think, the wisdom of crowds may veer towards ignorance.

Television reports on the elderly and their problems usually veer between sentimentality and depression.

My students tend to veer towards the low-tech side, though it varies.

Worries about exchange rates, he argues, cause central banks to veer off course.

The probe maneuvers itself into position by tracking bright objects, so the jets could cause the craft to veer off course.

If it likes to veer off toward the sides, hit it slower for greater accuracy and power.

It takes the equivalent of only a two-second lapse for a driver to veer into oncoming traffic.

Against this backdrop, the big thinkers about today's media revolution tend to veer towards extremes of optimism or pessimism.

To occupy his time, he had to veer off the straight and narrow.

Dozens of photos showed the burning vehicle veer across the median, and rescue vehicles convene at the site.

Wonder not having babies is a more fundamental veer in the human female's decision making process.

We veer rightwards to avoid another giant cavity in the road.

Every few months the dean decides the strategy of the faculty will veer off in a new, and completely stupid direction.

There was also concern about differences in air pressure zones causing it to flip or veer suddenly.

Foodie playthings that veer off into sheer ridiculousness when it comes to interacting with what's on our plate.

Witnesses said the plane appeared to veer to its left as it approached the runway, then crashed.

He wheels around and with a silent, dramatic wave directs our column to veer off the path into the dense undergrowth.

After their superheroic transformations, the characters usually veer off into selfless heroics and impossible moralism.

Far more interesting are the works that veer away from scenery and enter more subjective.

Skiers and snowboarders can head straight downhill to gather speed then veer left or right out of the slide path.

Sometimes they would veer left, at other times, right.

Hence, it is advisable for a potential buyer to veer away from these cars.

The two others, tackling more overtly dramatic material, are overcome by their ambition and veer into melodrama.

No doubt some listeners still wince when high notes are flat, or when ad-libs veer disastrously off-key.

Still-life images of a dead shark and gnarled roots placed on an old block of wood veer toward surrealistic kitsch.

There was no immediate indication of what caused the minivan to veer.

Smith's producer, said he wants the program to seem perpetually as if it might veer out of control.

As the book tells it, she was a born suburban homecoming princess but chose to veer wildly off the white-bread track.

Far more interesting are the works that veer away from scenery and enter more subjective territory.

No player would dare admit that it also causes shots to veer off-target.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object) Nautical.

to slacken or let out: to veer chain.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English vere < Middle Dutch vieren to let out

adjective

shaped like the letter V: a vee neckline.

noun

anything shaped like or suggesting a V.

Origin:
1880–85; spelling of the letter name

Link To veer

Collins

World English Dictionary

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]

veer² (vɪə)

—vb
	(tr; often foll by out or away) nautical to slacken or pay out (cable or chain)

[C16: from Dutch vieren, from Old High German fieren to give direction]

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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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