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digression - Dictionary definition and meaning for digression

DIGRESSION

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  • (noun) wandering from the main path of a journey

    synonyms : excursion

    The teacher was lecturing about the importance of vocabulary, but he felt a brief excursion into the problematic area of memory would also benefit the students. -added by BagomboSnuffbox

  • (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

    "a diversion from the main highway", "a digression into irrelevant details", "a deflection from his goal"

    synonyms : deflection , deflexion , deviation , divagation , diversion
  • (noun) a message that departs from the main subject

    synonyms : aside , divagation , excursus , parenthesis

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for digression

  • (Tag: ) because of depression ...we move or wander away from the path or subject of remorse.

    added by menghwani    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) dig+reason: if u go deep inside the reason, then what will happen that u will moved from the main subject. a small examle: like u gone to a mango garden to eat mango(main reason) but after going there when u say so many mangoes, u start calculating e

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  • (Tag: English) READ AS dig-the-rest-on-n-on. YOU JUST KEEP ON DIGGIN THE REST THINGS xcept THE main topic(subject)

    added by viren    editEdit Mnemonic

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