deviate
verb /ˈdiːvieɪt/
/ˈdiːvieɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deviate | /ˈdiːvieɪt/ /ˈdiːvieɪt/ |
| he / she / it deviates | /ˈdiːvieɪts/ /ˈdiːvieɪts/ |
| past simple deviated | /ˈdiːvieɪtɪd/ /ˈdiːvieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle deviated | /ˈdiːvieɪtɪd/ /ˈdiːvieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form deviating | /ˈdiːvieɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdiːvieɪtɪŋ/ |
- deviate (from something) to be different from something; to do something in a different way from what is usual or expected
- The bus had to deviate from its usual route because of a road closure.
- He never deviated from his original plan.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- significantly
- substantially
- …
- by
- from
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘remote’): from late Latin deviat- ‘turned out of the way’, from the verb deviare, from de- ‘away from’ + via ‘way’. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.