English-Thai Dictionary

digression

N การ พูดนอกเรื่อง  การเขียน นอกเรื่อง  การเบี่ยงเบน  departure detour tangent kan-phud-nok-rueang

 

digressional

A ที่ ออก นอกประเด็น 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIGRESSION

n.[L.] 1. The act of digressing; a departure from the main subject under consideration; an excursion of speech or writing.
2. The part or passage of a discourse, argument or narration, which deviates from the main subject, tenor or design, but which may have some relation to it, or be of use to it.
3. Diviation from a regular course; as, the digression of the sun is not equal. [Little used. ]

 

DIGRESSIONAL

a.Pertaining to or consisting in digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIGRESSION

Di *gres "sion, n. Etym: [L. digressio: cf. F. digression. ]

 

1. The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject. The digressions I can not excuse otherwise, than by the confidence that no man will read them. Sir W. Temple.

 

2. A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense. [R.] Then my digression is so vile, so base, That it will live engraven in my face. Shak.

 

3. (Anat. )

 

Defn: The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]

 

DIGRESSIONAL

DIGRESSIONAL Di *gres "sion *al, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject. T. Warton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

digression

di gres sion |dīˈgreSHən daɪˈɡreʃn | ▶noun a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing: let's return to the main topic after that brief digression.

 

Oxford Dictionary

digression

di ¦gres |sion |dʌɪˈgrɛʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing: let's return to the main topic after that brief digression.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

digression

digression noun a book full of long digressions: deviation, detour, diversion, departure, divergence, excursus; aside, incidental remark.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

digression

digression noun her book is full of long digressions | Victorian novelists had a tendency toward verbosity and digression: deviation, detour, diversion, departure, excursus; aside, incidental remark, footnote, parenthesis; deviation from the subject, straying from the topic, straying from the point, going off at a tangent, getting sidetracked, losing one's thread; divergence, straying, drifting, rambling, wandering, meandering, maundering; Latin obiter dictum; archaic excursion; rare apostrophe, divagation.

 

Duden Dictionary

Digression

Di gres si on Substantiv, feminin , die |Digressi o n |lateinisch 1 Abweichung, Abschweifung 2 Winkel zwischen dem Meridian und dem Vertikalkreis, der durch ein polnahes Gestirn geht

 

French Dictionary

digression

digression n. f. nom féminin Développement qui s ’écarte du sujet traité. Note Technique On entend souvent à tort la prononciation *disgression.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

digression

di gres sion /daɪɡréʃ (ə )n, dɪ -/名詞 C U ｟かたく ｠(主題 本筋からの )脱線, 逸脱 ; 余談 .