Umleitung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- detour noun An indirect route taken instead of the direct one.
- deviation noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
- diversion noun Something done to distract attention from what is really happening.
- redirection noun The act of pointing something in a new direction.
- roundabout noun A road junction where traffic circles around a central island instead of stopping at lights.
Senses
Umleitung is used for these senses in English:
- detour A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
- deviation A detour in a road or railway.
- redirection The act of setting a new direction.
- roundabout A detour.
detour — full definition
- noun An indirect route taken instead of the direct one.
- verb To take, or send someone on, an indirect route.
deviation — full definition
- noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
- noun In statistics, a measure of how far a single value differs from the average.
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