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Definition of digression in English: digressionnoun dʌɪˈɡrɛʃ(ə)nˌdaɪˈɡrɛʃ(ə)n A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing. let's return to the main topic after that brief digression Example sentencesExamples - As such, his writings express the digressions, meanderings, meditations, ruminations and speculations that characterise a singular, idiosyncratic mind at work.
- By way of digression and as an aside, here's a little anecdote from education.
- Except for a few meandering authorial digressions, the novel maintains a cracking pace from start to finish.
- Anyhow, digressions aside, this guy was completely incapable of performing his job with any degree of skill.
- Anyway, my minor digression leads me to my point.
Synonyms deviation, detour, diversion, departure, excursus aside, incidental remark, footnote, parenthesis deviation from the subject, straying from the topic, straying from the point, going off at a tangent, getting sidetracked, losing one's thread divergence, straying, drifting, rambling, wandering, meandering, maundering Latin obiter dictum archaic excursion rare apostrophe, divagation
Definition of digression in US English: digressionnounˌdīˈɡreSH(ə)nˌdaɪˈɡrɛʃ(ə)n A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing. let's return to the main topic after that brief digression Example sentencesExamples - Anyway, my minor digression leads me to my point.
- Except for a few meandering authorial digressions, the novel maintains a cracking pace from start to finish.
- Anyhow, digressions aside, this guy was completely incapable of performing his job with any degree of skill.
- As such, his writings express the digressions, meanderings, meditations, ruminations and speculations that characterise a singular, idiosyncratic mind at work.
- By way of digression and as an aside, here's a little anecdote from education.
Synonyms deviation, detour, diversion, departure, excursus
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