to deviate
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5.8
- verb
- /ˈdiːvieɪt/
:
desviarse (de)
- In neither case did they elect to deviate from the majority position.
- deviate from the norm
- deviate from expectations
- deviate significantly
The NRC wouldn't let us because it meant deviating from their their regulations.
- The NRC wouldn't let us because it meant deviating from their their regulations.
- Anyway, I'm sorry, I'm just deviating from our said story.
- At which point in our evolutionary history do we start to deviate the most from reality?
- So when I say moral, I simply mean if you deviate from that path, you will be punished.
- If you try to simplify Cicero, you would actually be deviating from from the text.
- I never really questioned, you know, deviating from it.
- So you like want to deviate from the proper way of talking.
- You know which, let's just deviate for a second.
- So if you deviate from there, it's hard to find your place.
- There are certain Ghanaian things and you don't deviate from those.
- We know that it was made by us and it did deviate from an orbit of a rock.
- They have a plan and they don't deviate from it.
Examples
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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...
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So if you deviate from there, it's hard to find your place.
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So it's being willing to deviate from your talk to actually give more value.
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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.
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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
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2.5
Be different depending on the time or situation
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2.6
To be different from another person or thing in some way
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4.1
To move away from a plan or the usual way
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6.8
To move apart and also become different, like roads or opinions
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Different
Surface Forms
Morphology
deviate = de + viate
The verb can be parsed as de- + a Latin combining form (via/viat), giving the sense 'turn away', but the root 'viate' is not a standalone modern English morpheme, so the decomposition is only partially helpful for learners.
Etymology
Deviate as a verb comes from de- 'away' and via 'way', like a road turning off the main route; so to deviate is to move away from a planned route, rule, or normal way.