what does deviate mean?
DEVIATE as NOUN
- Meaning
- a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
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Hypernyms(s) deviate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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DEVIATE as VERB
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Hypernyms(s) deviate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- turn aside
- turn away from
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Hypernyms(s) deviate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
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- The river was deviated to prevent flooding
Hypernyms(s) deviate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- be at variance with
- be out of line with
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Hypernyms(s) deviate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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