deviate

Speech parts

1. deviate - Noun

2. deviate - Verb

3. deviate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

To cause to deviate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

depart stray wander digress err vary diverge veer swerve change shift differ divert degenerate deflect
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Antonyms

conform following keep normal stay agree
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Hypernyms

turn miscreant differ divert reprobate

Hyponyms

lech yaw satyr sod digress lecher

Phrases with the word

deviate from standard normal deviate deviate from a course to deviate

Derivatives

deviated deviating

Examples

I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you're going to fail big or you're gonna win big. Sylvester Stallone

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers. Franz Boas

Thou mayest foresee... the things which will be. For they will certainly be of like form, and it is not possible that they should deviate from the order of things now: accordingly to have contemplated human life for forty years is the same as to have contemplated it for ten thousand years. Marcus Aurelius

I did not come to power to divide Somali but to unite them, and I will never deviate from this path. I shall respect a Somali individual as long as he deserves respect, but if he turns away from the correct path, then that is not my business. Siad Barre

Somedays the line I walk turns out to be straight - Other days the line tends to deviate. Ani DiFranco

Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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