Get to know Deviate better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like deviant or divert.
Deviate meaning
- To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
- To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
- To cause to diverge.
Synonyms of Deviate
Using Deviate
- The main meaning on this page is: To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. | To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray. | To cause to diverge.
- Useful related words include: deviant, divert, conform, differ.
- In the example corpus, deviate often appears in combinations such as: deviate from, to deviate, not deviate.
Context around Deviate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deviate
- In this selection, "deviate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, actually, must, ever, toward, people and sexual stand out and add context to how "deviate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afraid to deviate from the and china could deviate from its. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deviate" sits close to words such as accompanies, affiliations and agrarian, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deviate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
How can England ever deviate from this pro forma? (9 words)
At the same time, this statement doesn’t actually deviate from my persona. (13 words)
But if we deviate from that, then that is where the risks start to come. (15 words)
As seen in the latest episode of the series, Mazin, Neil Druckmann, and the writer's room behind the show opted to deviate from the source material in an effort to flesh out the story between Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett). (43 words)
Late change babyface picks up the win, that’s the rule and I don’t see a reason to deviate from it when Dom can just whine his way into a rematch and get it back cheap again. (38 words)
The Organisation in a press note said that the BJP and the Sangh Parivar are trying to rake up the issue of the UCC inorder to deviate people from their loss in the Karnataka elections. (35 words)
How can England ever deviate from this pro forma? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Coriolis effect will then cause poleward-moving mass to deviate to the East, while equatorward-moving mass will deviate toward the west.
And that means Sark is going to have to deviate from his preferred play calling style.
Art enthusiasts and seekers of creativity, this exceptional art event that dares to deviate from the conventional norms of elitism, is for you.
As seen in the latest episode of the series, Mazin, Neil Druckmann, and the writer's room behind the show opted to deviate from the source material in an effort to flesh out the story between Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett).
At the same time, this statement doesn’t actually deviate from my persona.
Being the it does deviate to celebrate the boost to the local economy caused by the procession.
Better to have a plan in place, and if you must deviate or compromise, do that, rather than constantly have to negotiate a position because there are no boundaries.
But if we deviate from that, then that is where the risks start to come.
Head coach De Zerbi was reluctant to deviate from a four-man defence against United or drop midfielder Billy Gilmour following his starring role in last Saturday’s 6-0 thrashing of Wolves.
How can England ever deviate from this pro forma?
I’ll deviate from draft order a bit here to avoid confusion since the Bengals selected another receiver two rounds later.
Last night Mr Sunak said it was possible China could deviate from its authoritarian course: ‘We don’t believe it’s on a predetermined course and that’s why.
Late change babyface picks up the win, that’s the rule and I don’t see a reason to deviate from it when Dom can just whine his way into a rematch and get it back cheap again.
Shoutout to Mazin and Druckmann for not being afraid to deviate from the source material and for making an incredible story that much better.
That's because, by default, it has multiple layers of post-processing that deviate from what the filmmaker intended.
That’s why it’s so refreshing when the creative team behind this series shows a willingness to deviate from the source material.
The group also warned those planning to instigate crisis in the country to deviate from it and instead, support the incoming administration of Tinubu.
The Organisation in a press note said that the BJP and the Sangh Parivar are trying to rake up the issue of the UCC inorder to deviate people from their loss in the Karnataka elections.
There is only a short period of time, and the Earth will not deviate from the path.
The sodomy law was amended in June 2021 making it a felony for a law enforcement officer to "subject a person to deviate sexual intercourse under any circumstances," Wine wrote.
Common combinations with deviate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: