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deviate en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈdiː.vi.æɪt/ (Australia)
• /ˈdiː.vi.æɪt/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdi.vi.eɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
• dē'vēāt
• [ˈdɪi.vi.æɪt] (Australia) cultivate
• /ˈdiː.vi.eɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Late Latin dēviātus, perfect passive participle of dēviō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French dévier.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
   • Now listen to what you've got to do, and this time if you deviate a single hair or try any of your monkey tricks it's the deep end you'll go off at. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
   • These two circumstances, however, happening both unfortunately to intervene, our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track; and after riding full six miles, instead of arriving at the stately spires of Coventry, they found themselves still in a very dirty lane, where they saw no symptoms of approaching the suburbs of a large city. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
   • Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, / May boldly deviate from the common track. 1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC:
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
   • His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm.
3. (transitive) To cause to diverge.

Forms

Deriveds

deviator · nondeviating · deviative · undeviating · deviatory

Relateds

deviation · deviant

Synonyms

veer (change course) · swerve (change course) · wander (stray) · stray (stray)

Translations (46)

sa ह्वरति (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · pt desviar (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · ota آزمق (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · ro devia (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · ta கோணு (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · pt desviar (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · hu letér (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · io deviacar (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · sv avvika (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · tl lumihis (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · de abweichen (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · hu eltér (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · fi poiketa (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · nl afwijken (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · da deviere (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · hy շեղվել (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · hy շեղվել (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · ru отклони́ться (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · bg отклонявам се (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · mk застрани се (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · ru отклоня́ться (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · grc παραλλάσσω (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · ru отклоня́ться (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · hu elhajlít (to cause to diverge) · fi poiketa (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · hu eltér (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · bg отклонявам се (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · la descisco (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · ro devia (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · hu eltérít (to cause to diverge) · fr dévier (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · hu elhajlik (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · el παρεκκλίνω (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · hu kitér (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · es marrar (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · nl afwijken (to fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray) · la descisco (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · ota دونمك (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · es desviarse (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · he סָר (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · he סטה (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · ja 逸れる (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · ru отклони́ться (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · de abweichen (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans) · es desviar (to cause to diverge) · hu tér (to go off course from; to change course; to change plans)

deviate en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈdi.vi.ət/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈdiː.vi.ət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• dē'vēət
• /ˈdiː.vi.ət/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdiː.vi.ət/ (Australia)
• [ˈdɪi.vi.ət] (Australia) cultivate

Etymology

From a substantivation of Late Latin dēviātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.

Meanings

1. A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
   • […] Walton has suggested that it is desirable "to name the phenomena signs of deviation, and call their possessors deviates or a deviate as the case may be […] 1915, James Cornelius Wilson, A Handbook of medical diagnosis:
   • […] The second confederate was also to be a deviate initially […] 2001, Rupert Brown, Group Processes:
   • Under these conditions the person who appears as a deviate is a deviate only because we have chosen, somewhat arbitrarily, to call him a member of the court […] 1959, Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter, Kurt W. Back, Social Pressures in Informal Groups: A Study of Human Factors in Housing:
2. A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
   • It will be noted that for a deviate x = 1.5, the ordinate z will have the value .130 […] 1928, Karl J. Holzinger, Statistical Methods for Students in Education:
   • This is a deviate so the appropriate function is qt. We need to supply it with the probability (in this case p = 0.975) and the degrees of freedom... 2005, Michael J. Crawley, Statistics: An Introduction Using R:
   • This difference is called a deviate. When a deviate is divided by its SD a, it is called a relative deviate or a standard deviate. 2001, Sanjeev B. Sarmukaddam, Indrayan Indrayan, Abhaya Indrayan, Medical Biostatistics:

Forms

Synonyms

degenerate · deviant · pervert

Translations (3)

fi poikkeama (sociology: a person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert) · fi poikkeava (sociology: a person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert) · pl dewiant (sociology: a person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert)

deviate en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˈdi.vi.ət/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈdiː.vi.ət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• dē'vēət
• /ˈdiː.vi.ət/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdiː.vi.ət/ (Australia)
• [ˈdɪi.vi.ət] (Australia) cultivate

Etymology

From Late Latin dēviātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

Meanings

1. deviant
   • It's somewhat in vogue to give special attention and consideration to the alternative lifestyle, which five years ago we would have called the deviate lifestyle. 1987 February 1, Kim Westheimer, quoting John Gillespie, “Rawhide Boys”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 2: