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digression::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion |
| Type of | turning, turn |
| Has types | red herring |
| Derivation | digress |
a digression into irrelevant details.
digression::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aside, divagation, excursus, parenthesis |
| Type of | subject matter, content, substance, message |
| Derivation | digress |
digression::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | excursion |
| Type of | journeying, journey |
| Derivation | digress |
Examples of digression
digression
A digression into the linguistic history of technology and Technik is in order.
From the theatlantic.com
In fact, they're very appealing and a nice digression from roasting larger birds.
From the boston.com
Or will it prove to be no more than a dazzling digression for its troubled maker?
From the economist.com
It's not off-topic, but it's a lengthy digression that I didn't want to delve into.
From the forbes.com
If you ask him what prompted the digression, he will not be able to tell you.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I clearly marked my point about competition as a digression and not a counter point.
From the economist.com
Each digression has its own topic, and each is an essay on its particular sidelight.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Probably don't know who teaches their kids either, but thats a digression.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
Anyway, that's a digression from a digression, which is good going for paragraph one.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A message that departs from the main subject
- Diversion: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
- Wandering from the main path of a journey
- (digressive) of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark"
- (digressive) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
- Digression (parekbasis in Greek, egressio, digressio and excursion in Latin) is a section of a composition or speech that is an intentional change of subject. ...
- A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern
- (digressive) Marked by digression; rambling
- Mathematical solutions to exercises 2.4.1B and 2.4.1C provide insight. Using calculus, the rate of flow in exercise B can be written as the change in level with respect to time (the "derivative").
