English-Thai Dictionary

digress

VI พูดนอกเรื่อง  เขียน นอกเรื่อง  เบี่ยงเบน  turn diverge deviate advance continue proceed phud-nok-rueang

 

digress from

PHRV ออกนอกเรื่อง  ออก นอกประเด็น  ook-nok-rueang

 

digression

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

 

digressional

A ที่ ออก นอกประเด็น 

 

digressive

ADJ ซึ่ง นอกเรื่อง  ซึ่ง เบี่ยงเบน  sueng-nok-rueang

 

digressively

ADV อย่าง นอกเรื่อง  อย่าง เบี่ยงเบน  yang-nok-rueang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIGRESS

v.i.[L., to step. See Grade. ] 1. Literally, to step or go from the way or road; hence, to depart or wander from the main subject, design or tenor of a discourse, argument or narration; used only of speaking or writing.
In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition, as often as a man varies the signification of any term.
2. To go out of the right way or common track; to deviate; in a literal sense. [Not now in use. ]

 

DIGRESSING

ppr. Departing from the main subject.

 

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.

 

DIGRESSIVE

a.Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

 

DIGRESSIVELY

adv. By way of digression.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIGRESS

Di *gress ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Digressed; p. pr. & vb. n.Digressing. ] Etym: [L. digressus, p. p. of digredi to go apart, to deviate; di- = dis- + gradi to step, walk. See Grade. ]

 

1. To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking. Moreover she beginneth to digress in latitude. Holland. In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term. Locke.

 

2. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend. [R.] Thy abundant goodness shall excuse This deadly blot on thy digressing son. Shak.

 

DIGRESS

DIGRESS Di *gress ", n.

 

Defn: Digression. [Obs. ] Fuller.

 

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.

 

DIGRESSIVE

Di *gress "ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. digressif.]

 

Defn: Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression. Johnson.

 

DIGRESSIVELY

DIGRESSIVELY Di *gress "ive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By way of digression.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

digress

di gress |dīˈgres daɪˈɡrɛs | ▶verb [ no obj. ] leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing: I have digressed a little from my original plan. DERIVATIVES di gress er noun, di gres sive |-ˈgresiv |adjective, di gres sive ly |-ˈgresivlē |adverb, di gres sive ness |-ˈgresivnis |noun ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Latin digress- ‘stepped away, ’ from the verb digredi, from di- ‘aside ’ + gradi ‘to walk. ’

 

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

digress

digress |dʌɪˈgrɛs | ▶verb [ no obj. ] leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing: I have digressed a little from my original plan. DERIVATIVES digresser noun ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Latin digress- ‘stepped away ’, from the verb digredi, from di- ‘aside ’ + gradi ‘to walk ’.

 

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.

 

digressive

di |gres ¦sive |dʌɪˈgrɛsɪv | ▶adjective characterized by digression; tending to depart from the subject. DERIVATIVES digressively adverb, digressiveness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

digress

digress verb I have digressed from the original plan: deviate, go off on a tangent, get off the subject, get sidetracked, lose the thread, turn aside /away, depart, drift, stray, wander.

 

digression

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

 

Oxford Thesaurus

digress

digress verb I have digressed a little from my original plan: deviate, go off at a tangent, diverge, turn aside, turn away, depart, drift, stray, ramble, wander, meander, maunder; get off the subject, stray from the subject, stray from the point, deviate from the topic, get sidetracked, lose the thread; rare divagate. ANTONYMS keep /stick to the point.

 

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

digress

di gress /daɪɡrés, dɪ -/動詞 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈話し手 書き手が 〉【主題 本筋から 】(横道へ )それる, 脱線する «from » .

 

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 .