Let's not deviate from the subject.
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Deviate
//ˈdiː.vi.eɪt//
Synonyms for "deviate" (150 found)
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Noun(3 words)
deviantpervertstrayswervealterameliorateangleangle offbe changedbe converted intobe distinctbe distinguishedbe in errorbe mistakenbe renewedbe wrongbear offbendbiasbottom out
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Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (75)
go amissgo aroundgo astraygo awrygo round aboutgo wronghairpinhaul aroundheelimprovejar withjibelapsemake a detourmaundermelioratemisbelievemiscalculatemitigatemodulate
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mutatenot accord withnot square withobliquepeculiarpervertedpullramblerefractrevivescatterserve mammonsex criminalsex fiendsexual deviantsexual deviatesexual pervertsexual psychopathsheershiftskewslantslipslip upsluestand apartstand over againststumbleswayswitchtacktake a turntrendtrespasstripturnturn asideturn awayturn intoturn the cornertwistundergo a changevaryveerwanderwarpworsenzigzag
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46 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- շեղվել verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- շեղվել verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отклонявам се verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- отклонявам се verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Danish
1 entries- deviere verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Dutch
2 entries- afwijken verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- afwijken verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Finnish
4 entries- poikkeama noun (sociology: a person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert)
- poikkeava noun (sociology: a person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert)
- poiketa verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- poiketa verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
French
1 entries- dévier verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
German
2 entries- abweichen verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- abweichen verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Greek
1 entries- παρεκκλίνω verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
Hebrew
2 entries- סָר verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- סטה verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
Hungarian
4 entries- elhajlik verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- elhajlít verb (to cause to diverge)
- eltér verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- eltér verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Ido
1 entries- deviacar verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
Latin
2 entries- descisco verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- descisco verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Macedonian
1 entries- застрани се verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آزمق verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
- دونمك verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
Polish
1 entries- dewiant noun (sociology: a person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert)
Portuguese
2 entries- desviar verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- desviar verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Romanian
2 entries- devia verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- devia verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Russian
4 entries- отклони́ться verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- отклони́ться verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
- отклоня́ться verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- отклоня́ться verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ह्वरति verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
Spanish
2 entries- desviarse verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
- marrar verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
Swedish
1 entries- avvika verb (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray)
Tagalog
1 entries- lumihis verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
Tamil
1 entries- கோணு verb (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I don't want to deviate from the plan.
Source: tatoeba (2025850)
In order not to destroy the innocent, it is better to deviate from the rules.
Source: tatoeba (10162160)
Do not deviate from the standard operating procedure.
Source: tatoeba (12484008)
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