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- DictionaryDe·vi·ate
verb
- 1. depart from an established course: "you must not deviate from the agreed route"
noun
- 1. another term for deviant dated
adjective
- 1. departing from usual or accepted standards; deviant: dated "their deviate behavior"
To deviate is to turn or wander, often by slight degrees, from what is considered the most direct or desirable approach to a given physical, intellectual, or moral end: Fear caused him to deviate from the truth.
to do something in a different way from what is usual or expected: The aircraft deviated from its original flight plan. (Definition of deviate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
deviate (from something) to be different from something; to do something in a different way from what is usual or expected. The bus had to deviate from its usual route because of a road closure. He never deviated from his original plan.
DEVIATE meaning: to do something in a different way from what is usual or expected: . Learn more.
deviate meaning, definition, what is deviate: to change what you are doing so that you...: Learn more.
To deviate is to turn or wander, often by slight degrees, from what is considered the most direct or desirable approach to a given physical, intellectual, or moral end: Fear caused him to deviate from the truth.
Define deviate. deviate synonyms, deviate pronunciation, deviate translation, English dictionary definition of deviate. v. de·vi·at·ed , de·vi·at·ing , de·vi·ates v. intr. 1. To turn aside from a course or way: hikers who deviated from the main path. 2. To depart, as from a...
