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digressdigress /daɪˈgrɛs, dɪ-/ verb [intransitive] formal ETYMOLOGYdigressOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin digressus, past participle of digredi to step aside VERB TABLEdigress |
Present | I, you, we, they | digress | | he, she, it | digresses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | digressed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have digressed | | he, she, it | has digressed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had digressed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will digress | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have digressed |
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Present | I | am digressing | | he, she, it | is digressing | | you, we, they | are digressing | Past | I, he, she, it | was digressing | | you, we, they | were digressing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been digressing | | he, she, it | has been digressing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been digressing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be digressing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been digressing |
to talk or write about something that is not your main subject: Miller often digressed to give the history behind each theory. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin digressus, past participle of digredi to step aside]—digression /daɪˈgrɛʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]—digressive /daɪˈgrɛsɪv/ adjective |