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digression Definition

di·gres·sion (--gres̸hən)

noun

an act or instance of digressing; a wandering from the main subject in talking or writing

Etymology: ME < L digressio

digression Related Forms

di·gres·sional adjective

digression Synonyms

digression

n.

deviation, diversion, divergence, excursus, departure, tangent, aside, wandering, divagation, rambling, straying, circumlocution, parenthesis, apostrophe, going off on a tangent; see also variation 1.

digression Usage Examples

Preposition: into

history: To follow it, we must make a little digression into the history of Bolshevism.

Converse of object

  • make: To follow it, we must make a little digression into the history of Bolshevism.
  • take: First, let's take a short digression into how we got here.
  • contain: The work contains lengthy digressions on peoples, places, and earlier history.
  • pardon: I hope the reader will pardon this digression, which is not without interest.
  • seem: In all, it seems a pointless digression that does little for our appreciation of the film.
  • manage: Bens demonstrates how to stay neutral, synthesize ideas, summarize content, ask questions and manage digression.

Adjective modifier

  • lengthy: But to return now to the four typical genera, which have led to the above lengthy digression.
  • slight: By way of a slight digression, care should also be taken to look into tax options for similar reasons.
  • brief: This section is a brief digression in answer to a question posed by a visitor to the church I attend.
  • occasional: The very occasional digressions into political philosophy proper are always enlightening.
  • interesting: Interesting Digression: There's a school of thought that believes that states of drunkeness can be assigned numerical values.
  • short: First, let's take a short digression into how we got here.

Preposition: on

subject: If I haven't forgotten any, that is. [ There now follows quite a long digression on the subject of books.

Modifies a noun

alert: Anyway, the S-Club song was from there. digression alert!

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