Basic Details
Word: Deviating
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Moving away from the usual path, plan or rule; doing something different from what is expected.
Synonyms: straying, wandering, departing, diverging
Antonyms: following, keeping to
How to Spell Deviating
Syllables: de - vi - at - ing
Tricky part: Deviate loses its final e before ing, so deviateing is wrong. The word starts with de and has i after v.
Watch out for: deviateing, deveating, diviating
Memory tip: Deviate is built from de and via, the Latin word for road, as on a ticket that says via Delhi. To deviate is to go off the road; drop the e and add ing.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The pilot avoided the storm by deviating slightly from the usual route.
Example 2: Stop deviating from the topic and answer the question.
Example 3: Ira kept to the recipe without deviating from it even once.
Fun Fact
The Latin via, road, also gives us viaduct, a long bridge with many arches that carries a road or railway across a valley.
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Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: deviating
a) following
b) straying
c) obeying
d) halting
Show answer
b) straying. Straying means wandering away from the right path, which is what deviating means.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) apreciating
b) deviating
c) accomodating
d) hesitateing
Show answer
b) deviating. Deviating drops the e of deviate before ing; the other three are misspelt.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gtvaidien
a) divesting
b) debating
c) dictating
d) deviating
Show answer
d) deviating. Debating has a b and dictating a c, and divesting needs an s; the two i's and the v here belong to deviating.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
dev_at_ng
a) a, i
b) e, i
c) i, e
d) i, i
Show answer
d) i, i. Say de-vi-at-ing: an i follows v and another i comes before ng.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A train deviating from its route is ____.
a) running exactly on time
b) parked in the yard
c) carrying extra coaches
d) taking a different way
Show answer
d) taking a different way
2. Which phrase means the same as deviating from the plan?
a) following the plan closely
b) forgetting to plan
c) writing the plan
d) not sticking to the plan
Show answer
d) not sticking to the plan
