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afwijken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • depart verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
  • deviate verb To move away from a planned course, method, or expected standard.
  • deviation noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
  • differ verb To be unlike something else in one or more ways.
  • prevaricate verb To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

Senses

afwijken is used for these senses in English:

  • depart (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
  • depart (intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
  • deviation The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
  • differ (intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
  • prevaricate (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

depart — full definition

  1. verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
  2. verb To differ from or move away from a plan, rule, or usual way of doing something.

deviate — full definition

  1. verb To move away from a planned course, method, or expected standard.
  2. noun A measured value showing how far a variable differs from a fixed reference point.

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