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excurse

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ekskˈɜːs/
    • /ekskˈɜːs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ekskˈɜːs/

Definitions of excurse word

  • noun excurse To journey or pass through. 1
  • verb excurse to digress, to wander 0
  • verb excurse to go on an excursion 0
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Parts of speech for Excurse

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Excurse

excurse popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

excurse usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for excurse

verb excurse

  • abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • deviate — To deviate from something means to start doing something different or not planned, especially in a way that causes problems for others.
  • stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
  • veer — to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
  • cast — The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
All 88 Synonyms of excurse

Antonyms for excurse

verb excurse

  • keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
  • accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
  • agree — If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
All 39 Antonyms of excurse

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