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Digress Moderate

Digress has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

"She always digresses when telling a story"

"her mind wanders"

"Don't digress when you give a lecture"

2

wander from a direct or straight course

3

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.

Example Sentences
"She always digresses when telling a story" verb
"her mind wanders" verb
"Don't digress when you give a lecture" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
tell deviate
Rhyming Words
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