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And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.
Robert Burns

Meaning of "digression" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIGRESSION

digression  [daɪˈɡrɛʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIGRESSION

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conjunction
determiner
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Digression is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIGRESSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Digression

Digression is a section of a composition or speech that is an intentional change of subject. In Classical rhetoric since Corax of Syracuse, especially in Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian, the digression was a regular part of any oration or composition. After setting out the topic of a work and establishing the need for attention to be given, the speaker or author would digress to a seemingly disconnected subject before returning to a development of the composition's theme, a proof of its validity, and a conclusion. A schizothemia is a digression by means of a long reminiscence. Cicero was a master of digression, particularly in his ability to shift from the specific question or issue at hand to the more general issue or question that it depended upon. As was the case with most ancient orators, Cicero's apparent digression always turned out to bear directly upon the issue at hand. During the Second Sophist, the ability to guide a speech away from a stated theme and then back again with grace and skill came to be a mark of true eloquence.

Definition of digression in the English dictionary

The definition of digression in the dictionary is an act or instance of digressing from a main subject in speech or writing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIGRESSION


aggression
əˈɡrɛʃən
antiaggression
ˌæntɪəˈɡrɛʃən
carburetion
ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛʃən
compression
kəmˈprɛʃən
degression
dɪˈɡrɛʃən
depression
dɪˈprɛʃən
discretion
dɪˈskrɛʃən
expression
ɪkˈsprɛʃən
freshen
ˈfrɛʃən
immunosuppression
ˌɪmjʊnəʊsəˈprɛʃən
impression
ɪmˈprɛʃən
indiscretion
ˌɪndɪˈskrɛʃən
introgression
ˌɪntrəˈɡrɛʃən
nonaggression
ˌnɒnəˈɡrɛʃən
oppression
əˈprɛʃən
progression
prəˈɡrɛʃən
regression
rɪˈɡrɛʃən
retrogression
ˌrɛtrəʊˈɡrɛʃən
suppression
səˈprɛʃən
transgression
trænzˈɡrɛʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIGRESSION

dignitaries
dignitary
dignities
dignity
digonal
digoneutic
digoneutism
digoxin
digraph
digraphic
digraphically
digress
digresser
digressional
digressionary
digressive
digressively
digressiveness
digs
digynian

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIGRESSION

accession
admission
commission
compassion
confession
conversion
discussion
emission
mission
obsession
passion
percussion
permission
possession
pression
profession
recession
session
submission
succession
transmission

Synonyms and antonyms of digression in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DIGRESSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «digression» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of digression

Translation of «digression» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIGRESSION

Find out the translation of digression to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of digression from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «digression» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

题外话
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

digresión
570 millions of speakers

English

digression
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विषयांतर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستطراد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отступление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

digressão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবান্তরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

digression
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengertian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abschweifung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

余談
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여담
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Digression
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự lạc đề
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழிவிலகியபோக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विषयांतर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

konu dışı söz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

digressione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dygresja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відступ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

digresiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρέκβαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afwyking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utvikning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

digresjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of digression

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIGRESSION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about digression

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QUOTES WITH «DIGRESSION»

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Robert Burns
And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIGRESSION»

Discover the use of digression in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to digression and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Digression: A Narrative Strategy in the Italian Novel
This volume examines the workings of digression in the novels of five major Italian authors - Manzoni, Dossi, Pirandello, Gadda and Calvino - from the birth of the modern novel in the early 19th century to the era of postmodernist ...
Olivia Santovetti, 2007
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Narratives Unsettled: Digression in Robert Walser, Thomas ...
Narratives Unsettled argues by way of close readings of three very different German-language writers that only if we conceive of narrativity unburdened by plot can we properly account for radical forms of digression.
Samuel Frederick, 2012
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A steady digression to a fixed point
Rose Hobart enjoyed an extensive theatrical career in the 1920s, became a Hollywood leading lady in 1930, and had a second film career as a character player in the late 1930s and 1940s.
Rose Hobart, 1994
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From Wandering Writing to Wandering Reading: Productive ...
Beginning with an analysis of Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers (part issues, March 1836--October 1837) in light of John Ruskin's recuperative reading of Gothic irregularity and the work of twentieth-century cultural theorists Roland ...
Julia McCord Chavez, 2008
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Development Digression Diary Of India : 3d Companion Volume ...
S. P. Agrawal. ClClL-37 Modern History of Punjab : A Look Back into Ancient Peaceful Punjab Focusing Confrontation and Fallures Leading to Present Punjab Problem, and a Peep Ahead : Relevant Select Documents J.C. Aggarwal and S.P. ...
S. P. Agrawal, 1993
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Changing Subjects: Digressions in Modern American Poetry
Changing Subjects contends that major American poets-such as Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, John Ashbery, and Lyn Hejinian-transformed verse and even changed conceptions of modern subjectivity by exploiting an ordinary rhetorical device, ...
Srikanth Reddy, 2012
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Development Digression Diary Of India : 38 Companion Volume ...
S.P. Agrawal. ClClL List 1 44 / DEVELOPMENT/DlGRESSlON DlARY ClClL-32 Handbook on Child : With Historical Background Pramila Pandit Barooah Rs. 320 ClClL-33 Weaker Section in lndian Society : Undiscovered Past, Uncertain ...
S.P. Agrawal, 1993
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Expatriate Writing:
J.J. Long W.G. Sebald: The Ambulatory Narrative and the Poetics of Digression W.G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn is a text consisting almost entirely of digressions that swamp the tale of the 30-mile walk from Somerleyton to Ditchingham ...
Gerhard Fischer, 2009
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Textual Wanderings: The Theory and Practice of Narrative ...
Digression is a crucial motif in literary narratives. It features as a key characteristic of fictional works from Cervantes and Sterne, to Proust, Joyce and Calvino.
Rhian Atkin, 2011
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The Poems of MS Junius 11: Basic Readings
The. Patriarchal. Digression. in. the. Old. English. Exodus,. Lines. 362-446. STANLEY R. HAUER This essay first appeared in Studies in Philology 78 (1981), 77-90. The Old English Exodus relates the well-known story of the Israelites' delivery ...
R. M. Liuzza, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIGRESSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term digression is used in the context of the following news items.
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Clinton Lied About Subpoenas In CNN Interview - Breitbart
But then the hardcore deception bomb was dropped, as Hillary wrapped up the brief email digression from the campaign commercial CNN was ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
2
Pirates of Penzance was fun but Mike Leigh heads back to film | The …
Much as I've enjoyed doing this one, it is a digression from my day job, which is the job of making it up. “The truth is from that time (1970) to this ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
Album Review: Gengahr - A Dream Outside - Fortitude Magazine
Veering away from the more pop orientated tracks, the likes of 'Dark Star' takes an instrumental digression of rattling drums and delayed guitars ... «Fortitude Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Talbot: Bethel should have gotten same punishment as FSU's …
He was in Lubbock at the school's digression. They could have gotten rid of him. They could have made the hard choice and stuck to their ... «RedRaiders.com, Jul 15»
5
The Walking Dead's Emily Kinney Joins Showtime's Masters of Sex …
In the third season of the Showtime drama, Masters of Sex, Kinney will play a sex surrogate – certainly a digression from her usual, gorier ... «mxdwn.com, Jul 15»
6
Goldman Coder Goes Free, But Insider Trader Stays in Jail …
... as suspect, for reasons that you probably don't care about even if you've read this far in this digression on word usage, which seems unlikely! «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
7
Sync 'n' sod it: EMC might be shaping up to sell Syncplicity • The …
Permit us a brief digression here. One exec at Skyview is Jonathan Huberman, who was once the CEO of Iomega, the consumer external disk ... «The Register, Jul 15»
8
Gunslingers come to town - Your local online newspaper: News
After a short digression to express dismay at the disbandment of the Park and Recreation Committee (“It's a decision we will regret. The town ... «The Sun, Jul 15»
9
Batman: Arkham Knight Review - The Oakland Post: Blogs
... the player will rack up points that will give “Batman” upgrade units to spend to the players' digression- enhanced armor, new gadgets, etc. «Oaklandpostonline, Jul 15»
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Is 'Magic Mike XXL' 'Revolutionary'? | Criticwire - Indiewire
No sequence feels more revelatory than a long digression into a Southern mansion run by Jada Pinkett Smith. At her mansion, female "queens" ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»

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