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deviate
[ verb dee-vee-eyt; adjective noun dee-vee-it ]
verb (used without object)
- to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- to depart or swerve, as from a procedure, course of action, or acceptable norm.
- to digress, as from a line of thought or reasoning.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to swerve; turn aside.
adjective
- characterized by deviation or departure from an accepted norm or standard, as of behavior.
noun
- a person or thing that departs from the accepted norm or standard.
- a person whose sexual behavior departs from the norm in a way that is considered socially or morally unacceptable.
- Statistics. a variable equal to the difference between a variate and some fixed value, often the mean.
deviate
verb
- usually intr to differ or diverge or cause to differ or diverge, as in belief or thought
- usually intr to turn aside or cause to turn aside; diverge or cause to diverge
- intr psychol to depart from an accepted standard or convention
noun
- another word for deviant
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Derived Forms
- ˈdeviatory, adjective
- ˈdeviˌator, noun
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Other Words From
- devi·a·ble adjective
- de·vi·a·bil·i·ty [dee-vee-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- devi·ator noun
- non·devi·ating adjective
- un·devi·a·ble adjective
- un·devi·ated adjective
- un·devi·ating adjective
- un·devi·ating·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deviate1
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Example Sentences
We might not be off the mark nine out of 10 times, but we deviate plenty.
Why have conservative jurists become so willing to deviate from an originalist viewpoint on the Second Amendment?
The deer have regular runs, from which they rarely deviate, and which do not vary in the course of years.
Might it not be the nature of bodies, or of some particular bodies, to deviate towards the right?
I will not deviate in the least from the precepts and examples of the ancients, who were always our best masters.
Ptolemy's and Pliny's versions, Diamouna and Jomanes, do not deviate much from the original.
If he deviate only a few cents, the expert buyers of retail stores will know it and go elsewhere.
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