The digression is escalating more and more.
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Digression
//daɪˈɡɹɛʃən//
Synonyms for "digression" (121 found)
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Related words (60)
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Translations
36 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- παρεκβολή noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- ἐκβολή noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Armenian
2 entries- խոտորում noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- շեղում noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отклонение noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Catalan
1 entries- digressió noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Czech
1 entries- odbočka noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Dutch
1 entries- uitweiding noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Finnish
3 entries- poikkeama noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- poikkeaminen noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- syrjähyppy noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
French
1 entries- digression noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
German
3 entries- Abschweifung noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- Exkurs noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- Umschweif noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Hindi
2 entries- विषयांतर noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- विषयांतरण noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Hungarian
1 entries- eltérés noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Icelandic
1 entries- útúrdúr noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Italian
1 entries- digressione noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Latin
1 entries- dīgressiō noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Polish
2 entries- dygresja noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- wtrącenie noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Portuguese
1 entries- digressão noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Romanian
1 entries- digresiune noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Russian
2 entries- отклоне́ние noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- отступле́ние noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- taobh-cheum noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Spanish
3 entries- digresión noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- disquisición noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- divagación noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Swedish
2 entries- avvikelse noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- utsvävning noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Tagalog
1 entries- kaliklikan noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Turkish
2 entries- arasöz noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
- uzaklaşma noun (a departure from the main subject in speech or writing)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
If you'll pardon my digression, I'd like to relate a little anecdote that will help me to prove my point.
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This is a lyrical digression.
Source: tatoeba (10704193)
It was a lyrical digression.
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