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"text": "The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.",
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"ref": "2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "History tells us stodgy, cautious stuff, cardigan-football is the way to go here. The 1966 World Cup kicked off with 0-0 draw against Uruguay so tedious the Guardian match report contains a whimsical digression on the writer’s urge to drift off to sleep in the second half.",
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"speech",
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"writing",
"writing"
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]
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"en:Rhetoric"
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{
"text": "make digression... by way of digression..."
}
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"The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect."
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"act",
"act"
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[
"stray",
"stray"
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"main",
"main"
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[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
],
[
"rhetoric",
"rhetoric"
],
[
"particularly",
"particularly"
],
[
"rhetorical",
"rhetorical"
],
[
"effect",
"effect"
]
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"(generally uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect."
],
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"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1517, Stephen Hawes, Pastime of Pleasure, i, ll. 12 ff:",
"text": "Nature...\nMore stronger hadde her operacyon\nThan she hath nowe in her dygressyon.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule."
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[
"deviancy",
"deviancy"
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[
"sin",
"sin"
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[
"error",
"error"
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[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"stray",
"stray"
],
[
"path",
"path"
],
[
"righteousness",
"righteousness"
],
[
"general",
"general"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
]
],
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"(obsolete) A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule."
],
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"countable",
"obsolete",
"uncountable"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1670, Guillaume Girard, translated by Charles Cotton, History of the Life of the Duke of Espernon, Bk. i, Ch. iv, p. 144:",
"text": "By this little digression into Gascony, the Duke had an opportunity... to re-inforce himself with some particular Servants of his.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"A deviation, an act of straying from a path."
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[
"act",
"act"
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"stray",
"stray"
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[
"path",
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],
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"(now rare) A deviation, an act of straying from a path."
],
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"archaic",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Astronomy",
"en:Physics"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Bk. VI, Ch. iv, p. 288:",
"text": "This digression [of the Sun] is not equall, but neare the Æquinoxiall intersections, it is right and greater, near the Solstices, more oblique and lesser.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path."
],
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[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
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[
"physics",
"physics"
],
[
"elongation",
"elongation"
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[
"deflection",
"deflection"
],
[
"deviation",
"deviation"
],
[
"mean",
"mean"
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[
"position",
"position"
],
[
"expect",
"expect"
],
[
"path",
"path"
]
],
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"(astronomy, physics) An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path."
],
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"countable",
"uncountable"
],
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"astronomy",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/dʌɪˈɡɹɛʃən/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈɡɹɛʃən/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/daɪˈɡɹɛʃən/",
"tags": [
"US"
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{
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "digressio"
},
{
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "ecbole"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "degression"
},
{
"word": "disgression"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šeġum",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "շեղում"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xotorum",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "խոտորում"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otklonenie",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отклонение"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "digressió"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "odbočka"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uitweiding"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "poikkeama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "poikkeaminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "syrjähyppy"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "digression"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Exkurs"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Umschweif"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abschweifung"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ekbolḗ",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἐκβολή"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "parekbolḗ",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "παρεκβολή"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "viṣyāntraṇ",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "विषयांतरण"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "viṣyāntar",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "विषयांतर"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "eltérés"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "útúrdúr"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "digressione"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dīgressiō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dygresja"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wtrącenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "digressão"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "digresiune"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otstuplénije",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отступле́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otklonénije",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отклоне́ние"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taobh-cheum"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "digresión"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divagación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "avvikelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "utsvävning"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "kaliklikan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "arasöz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a departure from the main subject in speech or writing",
"word": "uzaklaşma"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"digression"
],
"word": "digression"
}
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