Dictionary Entry
deviate
deviate is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to deviate.
- 3noun
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
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- 4verb
turn aside; turn away from
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- 5verb
cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
"The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
- 6verb
be at variance with; be out of line with
- 7adjective
markedly different from an accepted norm
"aberrant behavior"
"deviant ideas"
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