digress

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /daɪˈɡrɛs/ or /dɪˈɡrɛs/

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• Hyphenation: di‧gress

Verb

Plain form digress

Third-person singular digresses

Past tense digressed

Past participle digressed

Present participle digressing

1. (intransitive) If a conversation digresses, it moves off topic.

Related words

• digression