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(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. / (intransitive, figuratively) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray. / (transitive) To cause to diverge.

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deviate

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Source Word

deviate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdiːvieɪt/

Verb

intransitive figuratively transitive

(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. / (intransitive, figuratively) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray. / (transitive) To cause to diverge.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）進路や計画などから逸脱する、ずれる。 / （自動詞、比喩的に）基準や規範から外れる、逸脱する。 / （他動詞）～を逸脱させる、外れさせる。

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The ship began to deviate from its plotted course during the storm.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

嵐の間にその船は予定していた航路から逸れ始めた。

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(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.

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.

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