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DIVAGATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

Don't digress when you give a lecture

Synonyms:

digress; divagate; stray; wander

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "divagate" is one way to...):

tell (let something be known)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

divagation (a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern))

divagation (a message that departs from the main subject)

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