to deviate

Examples

• All

• But we can identify many countries that deviate from the overall statistical trend.

  Academic text (1992)

• But if you deviate from the process in any way...

  Man on Fire (2004)

• So if you deviate from there, it's hard to find your place.

  Club Random Podcast

• So it's being willing to deviate from your talk to actually give more value.

• Although these rules facilitate administration, the outcome is likely to deviate more from the initial purpose.

  Academic text (1991)

• But I think most people's priorities deviate from those two things substantially.

• Such implementations, however, deviate from the scope of the current work.

  Academic text (2017)

• The philosophical assumptions resulted in a research strategy deviating from the prevailing one.

  Academic text (1992)

• Sometimes it doesn't matter how unpopular you get, you just can't deviate from what you believe in.

  Fiction book (1991)

• To be successful, it is important not to deviate from the established guidelines.

Synonyms

V

to vary

vsto deviate

228 2.5

Be different depending on the time or situation

means turning aside from a course or norm as a specific action

D

to differ

vsto deviate

156 2.6

To be different from another person or thing in some way

involves actively turning away from a course or standard rather than mere difference

D

to diverge

vsto deviate

23 6.8

To move apart and also become different, like roads or opinions

is about a single turning away from a norm rather than slow branching

D

to depart

vsto deviate

• Formal

22 4.1

To move away from a plan or the usual way

focuses on turning aside from a course or norm in general contexts

Antonyms

C

to conform

84 3.2

Think and act like other people or follow rules

Phrasal Verbs

D

to deviate from the plan

3 5.4

To do something different from the plan

How Different

to flout

16 7.9

to deviate

44 5.8

to diverge

23 6.8

to stray

75 2.8

to conform

84 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology