Deviate

['diːvɪeɪt] or ['divɪet]

Definition

(verb.) turn aside; turn away from.

(verb.) cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; 'The river was deviated to prevent flooding'.

(verb.) be at variance with; be out of line with.

Inputed by Byron--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

(v. t.) To cause to deviate.

Typist: Nicholas

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Digress, diverge, deflect, veer, tack, wheel, turn aside, alter one's course, wheel about.[2]. Err, stray, swerve, wander, go astray, go out of one's way, lose one's way.

v. a. Turn aside, cause to deviate.

Checker: Tanya

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Digress, wander, swerve, deflect, err, sway, depart, divaricate, diverge

ANT:Continue, advance

Typist: Paul

Definition

v.i. to go from the way: to turn aside from a certain course: to err.—v.t. to cause to diverge.—ns. Deviā′tion a going out of the way: a turning aside; error; Dē′viator one who deviates.—Deviation of the compass departure of the mariner's compass from the magnetic needle due to the ship's magnetism—either from the iron of which it is built or the iron which it carries.

Edited by Estelle