digression
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: From Old French digressiun or disgressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from dīgressus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs), the past passive participle of dīgredior (“to step away, to digress”), from dis- + gradior (“to step, walk, go”).
Inflected forms:
form: digressions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: degression
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: disgression
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.
History tells us stodgy, cautious stuff, cardigan-football is the way to go here. The 1966 World Cup kicked off with 0-0 draw against Uruguay so tedious the Guardian match report contains a whimsical digression on the writer’s urge to drift off to sleep in the second half.
gloss: The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: make digression... by way of digression...
gloss: A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Nature...
More stronger hadde her operacyon
Than she hath nowe in her dygressyon.
gloss: A deviation, an act of straying from a path.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: By this little digression into Gascony, the Duke had an opportunity... to re-inforce himself with some particular Servants of his.
gloss: An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This digression [of the Sun] is not equall, but neare the Æquinoxiall intersections, it is right and greater, near the Solstices, more oblique and lesser.
Related words: digress
detour
Derived words: digressional
digressionary
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: շեղում
roman: šeġum
lang: Armenian
word: խոտորում
roman: xotorum
lang: Bulgarian
word: отклонение
roman: otklonenie
lang: Catalan
word: digressió
lang: Czech
word: odbočka
lang: Danish
word: afvigelse
lang: Danish
word: sidespring
lang: Dutch
word: uitweiding
lang: Finnish
word: poikkeama
lang: Finnish
word: poikkeaminen
lang: Finnish
word: syrjähyppy
lang: French
word: digression
lang: German
word: Exkurs
lang: German
word: Umschweif
lang: German
word: Abschweifung
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐκβολή
roman: ekbolḗ
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παρεκβολή
roman: parekbolḗ
lang: Hindi
word: विषयांतरण
roman: viṣyāntraṇ
lang: Hindi
word: विषयांतर
roman: viṣyāntar
lang: Hungarian
word: eltérés
lang: Icelandic
word: útúrdúr
lang: Italian
word: digressione
lang: Latin
word: dīgressiō
lang: Polish
word: dygresja
lang: Polish
word: wtrącenie
lang: Portuguese
word: digressão
lang: Romanian
word: digresiune
lang: Russian
word: отступле́ние
roman: otstuplénije
lang: Russian
word: отклоне́ние
roman: otklonénije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: taobh-cheum
lang: Spanish
word: digresión
lang: Spanish
word: divagación
lang: Spanish
word: disquisición
lang: Swedish
word: avvikelse
lang: Swedish
word: utsvävning
lang: Tagalog
word: kaliklikan
lang: Turkish
word: arasöz
lang: Turkish
word: uzaklaşma