DIGRESS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions The third visit, the first one after I started the drugs, is shorter, more perfunctory than the first two
DIGRESS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Digress definition: 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 See examples of DIGRESS used in a sentence
Digresses - definition of digresses by The Free Dictionary To stray temporarily from the topic at hand, as in delivering a speech or engaging in a discussion See Synonyms at swerve [Latin dīgredī, dīgress- : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + gradī, to go; see ghredh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots ] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
digress verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of digress verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to start to talk about something that is not connected with the main point of what you are saying To digress for a moment, I would like to remind you that there will be no classes next week
digress - Wiktionary, the free dictionary digress (third-person singular simple present digresses, present participle digressing, simple past and past participle digressed) (intransitive) 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 quotations
digress - WordReference. com Dictionary of English to wander away from the main topic: Let me digress for a moment and tell you a short story di•gres•sion dɪˈgrɛʃən, daɪ- n [uncountable] There's too much digression in your essay [countable] a short digression from the topic di•gres•sive, adj See -gress- [Archaic ]to turn aside di•gress′er, n 1 ramble, stray See deviate
Digress Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary He digressed so often that it was hard to follow what he was saying If I can digress for a moment, I'd like to briefly mention her earlier films The story is filled with humorous digressions a story told without digression