deviate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈdiviˌeɪt/ UK /ˈdiːvieɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to depart from an established course, standard, or norm

The pilot had to deviate from the route to avoid the storm.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to depart from an... diverge depart stray veer digress swerve wander

Opposites

conform adhere follow comply

Word family

Forms undeviating

Derived forms deviationdeviatordeviance

Related forms deviant deviancy devious via

Etymology

From Late Latin deviatus, past participle of deviare ('to turn aside from the road'), from de- ('off') + via ('way, road').

deviare Latin via Latin *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# deviate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈdiviˌeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdiːvieɪt/

## Meanings
1. to depart from an established course, standard, or norm

## Examples
- The pilot had to deviate from the route to avoid the storm.

## Synonyms
- diverge
- depart
- stray
- veer
- digress
- swerve
- wander

## Antonyms
- conform
- adhere
- follow
- comply

## Derived Forms
- deviation
- deviator
- deviance

## Related Forms
- deviant
- deviancy
- devious
- via

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: deviare
- Root: via
- Root: *weǵʰ-

## Etymology
From Late Latin deviatus, past participle of deviare ('to turn aside from the road'), from de- ('off') + via ('way, road').

## AI Etymology
Deviate is from Late Latin deviatus, past participle of deviare ('to turn aside from the road'), from de- ('off') + via ('way, road'). Important recorded forms include deviare (Latin), via (Latin), and *weǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to depart from an established course, standard, or norm. The wider family includes derived forms such as deviation, deviator, and deviance and related words such as deviant, deviancy, devious, and via.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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