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Meaning of "excurse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXCURSE

excurse  [ɛksˈkɜːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCURSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Excurse is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb excurse in English.

WHAT DOES EXCURSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of excurse in the English dictionary

The definition of excurse in the dictionary is to digress, to wander. Other definition of excurse is to go on an excursion.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXCURSE

PRESENT

Present
I excurse
you excurse
he/she/it excurses
we excurse
you excurse
they excurse
Present continuous
I am excursing
you are excursing
he/she/it is excursing
we are excursing
you are excursing
they are excursing
Present perfect
I have excursed
you have excursed
he/she/it has excursed
we have excursed
you have excursed
they have excursed
Present perfect continuous
I have been excursing
you have been excursing
he/she/it has been excursing
we have been excursing
you have been excursing
they have been excursing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I excursed
you excursed
he/she/it excursed
we excursed
you excursed
they excursed
Past continuous
I was excursing
you were excursing
he/she/it was excursing
we were excursing
you were excursing
they were excursing
Past perfect
I had excursed
you had excursed
he/she/it had excursed
we had excursed
you had excursed
they had excursed
Past perfect continuous
I had been excursing
you had been excursing
he/she/it had been excursing
we had been excursing
you had been excursing
they had been excursing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will excurse
you will excurse
he/she/it will excurse
we will excurse
you will excurse
they will excurse
Future continuous
I will be excursing
you will be excursing
he/she/it will be excursing
we will be excursing
you will be excursing
they will be excursing
Future perfect
I will have excursed
you will have excursed
he/she/it will have excursed
we will have excursed
you will have excursed
they will have excursed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been excursing
you will have been excursing
he/she/it will have been excursing
we will have been excursing
you will have been excursing
they will have been excursing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would excurse
you would excurse
he/she/it would excurse
we would excurse
you would excurse
they would excurse
Conditional continuous
I would be excursing
you would be excursing
he/she/it would be excursing
we would be excursing
you would be excursing
they would be excursing
Conditional perfect
I would have excurse
you would have excurse
he/she/it would have excurse
we would have excurse
you would have excurse
they would have excurse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been excursing
you would have been excursing
he/she/it would have been excursing
we would have been excursing
you would have been excursing
they would have been excursing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you excurse
we let´s excurse
you excurse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to excurse
Past participle
excursed
Present Participle
excursing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXCURSE


accurse
əˈkɜːs
adverse
ˈædvɜːs
becurse
bɪˈkɜːs
commerce
ˈkɒmɜːs
converse
kənˈvɜːs
covers
ˈkəʊvɜːs
curse
kɜːs
diverse
daɪˈvɜːs
e-commerce
ˈiːˌkɒmɜːs
inverse
ɪnˈvɜːs
nurse
nɜːs
outcurse
ˌaʊtˈkɜːs
precurse
prɪˈkɜːs
purse
pɜːs
reverse
rɪˈvɜːs
traverse
ˈtrævɜːs
uncurse
ʌnˈkɜːs
universe
ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs
verse
vɜːs
worse
wɜːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXCURSE

excubant
excudit
exculpable
exculpate
exculpation
exculpatory
excurrent
excursion
excursion train
excursionise
excursionist
excursionize
excursive
excursively
excursiveness
excursus
excusable
excusableness
excusably
excusal

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXCURSE

as a matter of course
Bourse
course
discourse
golf course
in due course
intercourse
main course
matter of course
matter-of-course
of course
par for the course
Paterson´s curse
recourse
Registered General Nurse
registered nurse
reimburse
run its course
the curse
training course

Synonyms and antonyms of excurse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «excurse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXCURSE

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

Translator English - Chinese

偏移,
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

excurse
570 millions of speakers

English

excurse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

excurse
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

excurse
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экскурс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excurso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

excurse
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Excurse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Excurse
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Exkurs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脇道にそれる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

excurse
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Excurse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

excurse
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

excurse
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छाती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

excurse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

excurse
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

excurse
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

екскурс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

excurse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

excurse
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

excurse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

excurse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

excurse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of excurse

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCURSE»

The term «excurse» is used very little and occupies the 158.614 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCURSE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCURSE»

Discover the use of excurse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to excurse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
D.H. Lawrence Today: Literature, Culture, Politics
[Women in Love, Chapter XXIII, "Excurse") Here in "Excurse" Lawrence's compelling eroto-religious "intensity" is surely evident, as "This ["sons of God"] scene [in "Excurse"] contains a brilliant rendering of emotions extremely difficult to translate ...
Barry Jeffrey Scherr, 2004
2
Fichte and Kant on Freedom, Rights, and Law
Excurse zur Staatslehre, S.W. VII, 549. 250. Excurse zur Staatslehre, S.W. VII, 559. 251. Aus dem Entwurfe zu einer politischen Schrift, S.W. VII, 547. Fichte rejects the principle of hereditary monarchy as "a principle contrary to Reason" ( Aus ...
Gunnar Beck, 2008
3
Destinies of Splendor: Sexual Attraction in D.H. Lawrence
And so it turns out that, in practice, the embrace in Sherwood Forest at the close of "Excurse" is not, at least in this initial phase, the stark thing Birkin had earlier proposed. Birkin's fingers may be "[qjuenched, inhuman" in their mysterious ...
Douglas Wuchina, 2009
4
A Hand-Book for Travellers in Devon & Cornwall. With maps
Excurse to Blue Anchor (superb view and curious cliifs) and Minehead. Ascend the hill above Mineheud. 3. Dunster to Poi-lock. Ascend Bossington Hill, or Dunkery Beacon (both if possible). Visit Culbone. Sleep at Porlock or Minehead. 4.
John Murray (Firm), 1865
5
A hand-book for travellers in Devon & Cornwall ...
Excurse to Blue Anchor (superb view and curious cliffs) and Minehead. Ascend the hill above Minehead. 3. Dunster to Porlock. Ascend Bossington Hill, or Dunkery Beacou (both if possible). Visit Culbone. Sleep at Porlock or Minehead. 4.
John Murray (Firm), 1856
6
Multilingualism, Education and Change
26 1.4.4 Excurse: Beirao vs. Koven 27 1 .4.5 Raymond Williams' structures of feeling 29 1.5 A note on data 33 Chapter 2: Multilingualism in Luxembourg and beyond 2.1 The trilingual school-system 37 2.1.1 Building bridges or barriers? 37 2.
Jean Jacques Weber, 2009
7
D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love: A Casebook
The second section of this essay explores the problems posed for narrative by this displacement of a civilizing, though repressive, sexological force by an unconstrained, uninhibited erotic one (the Ars Erotica practice evoked in “ Excurse”). 2.
David Ellis, 2006
8
The Vital Art of D.H. Lawrence: Vision and Expression
cate an inner vision, at the cost of dislocating and overloading the medium, is essentially expressionist.16 The language of "Excurse" expands implications rather than contracting meaning to fixed points. But Lawrences attempt to express an ...
Jack Stewart, 1999
9
The Three Gorges Dam's Impact on Peasant Livelihood: China's ...
Excurse: Fengjie,. Before. the. Flood. The documentary “Fengjie, Before the Flood” directed by Yifan Li and Yu Yan (2004) focuses on Fengjie County and the vil- lage of Jiaochang which lies near the city of Fengjie (both in Sichuan province).
Jan Trouw, 2014
10
Assessment in Game-Based Learning: Foundations, Innovations, ...
Excurse. to. Implementation. Correctness. Assume that some human game designers have a certain exceptionally clear ... and 93 6 Patterns of Game Playing Behavior as Indicators of Mastery 6.6.2 Excurse to Implementation Correctness.
Dirk Ifenthaler, Deniz Eseryel, Xun Ge, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCURSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term excurse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mann On Coates: "What You See Is What You Get"
That's not an excurse for him, that's what I saw. And I know, I've been around a lot of players, if you're not using them, they lose focus.” I am, I'm ... «Steelers Depot, May 15»
2
Henkel's (HENKY) CEO Kasper Rorsted on Q4 2014 Results …
With that, let me come back with this excurse and come now to our adjusted EPS, development of our preferred shares, we reached €4.38 ... «Seeking Alpha, Mar 15»
3
Jack Henry & Associates' (JKHY) CEO Jack Prim on Q2 2015 …
... the noise in the numbers this quarter excurse at a glance a solid operating quarter. In particular without the accounting revenue adjustment ... «Seeking Alpha, Feb 15»
4
Serbian Church denies patriarch was invited to Vatican
He added that the likely real purpose of Nemet's "excurse" was to inflict yet another insult to the SPC, its leader and the entire Serb nation - "by ... «B92, Aug 14»
5
Forest Grove News-Times: Pacific University Professor's Fate …
He's well aware students and others might be judging his fitness to excurse on ethics after breaking the law himself. But rather than denying or ... «OPB News, Dec 13»
6
Book Review: An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience
Chapter 8 is an intriguing excurse into the use of minerals as pigments in artwork and inks. The most important pigments are presented, ... «Scientific American, Oct 12»
7
Google network and data center chief departs
When the temperature starts to excurse in a data center, you don't have the luxury of sitting around for a half an hour. ... You have on the order ... «Register, Jun 11»
8
Google opens peephole on mystery data center practices
When the temperature starts to excurse in a data center, you don't have the luxury to sitting around for a half an hour … You have on the order ... «Register, Apr 11»
9
EU to boost lab animals' welfare
There is no reason, nor excurse that any animal with a brain and feelings as well as a face should suffer for humans' wellbeing. Medical ... «BBC News, Apr 10»
10
Why the Congress cannot erase Narasimha Rao
More importantly, Rao's failure cannot be an excurse to deprive him of all the credit that is his due as the nation's prime minister at one of the ... «Rediff, Dec 09»

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