US /daɪˈɡɹɛs/
verb Freq #38947

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

    I always digress when telling a story.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · lose clarity or turn aside... stray
Opposites
Word family
Forms digresseddigressesdigressing
Derived forms digressinglyredigress
Related forms digressiondigressiveexcursiveregresstransgress

Etymology

From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

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