avvika — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abscond verb To leave secretly and hurriedly, usually to escape custody or having taken something that is not yours.
- deflect verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
- depart verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
- deviate verb To move away from a planned course, method, or expected standard.
- differ verb To be unlike something else in one or more ways.
Senses
avvika is used for these senses in English:
- abscond (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]
- abscond (transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from.
- deflect (psychology) To redirect culpability to avoid it.
- depart (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
- depart (intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
- deviate (intransitive, figurative) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
- differ (intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
deflect — full definition
- verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
- verb To avoid dealing directly with a question, criticism, or blame.