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Synonyms for detour
ˈdi tʊər, dɪˈtʊərde·tour
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Princeton's WordNet
detour, roundabout wayverb
a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
Synonyms:
roundabout waydetourverb
travel via a detour
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#9091 | deviation | |
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How to use detour in a sentence?
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Patience is the discipline to we have that will enable us to reach the goals we aspire to achieve without taking the easy detour which leads to a dead end.
When you come to a road block, take a detour.
When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Obviously, after that, my life took a pretty big detour, as a result of my injuries, I was pretty significantly medicated about 45 minutes after being shot. I remember immediately being drawn to that feeling, because it took the emotion away.
Translations for detour
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- التفافArabic
- карам да заобиколи, отклонение, заобикалям, обиколка, заобикалянеBulgarian
- marradaCatalan, Valencian
- zajížďkaCzech
- omvejDanish
- Umweg, Umleitung, umleitenGerman
- παράκαμψηGreek
- kromvojoEsperanto
- desviar, desvíoSpanish
- انحرافPersian
- [[mennä]] [[kiertotietä]], kiertotie, [[ohjata]] [[kiertotietä]], [[käyttää]] kiertotietä, [[tulla]] kiertotietäFinnish
- deviationFrench
- malairt slí, cúrsa timpill, athbhealachIrish
- מעקףHebrew
- kerülőút, elkerülőút, kerülőHungarian
- jalan memutarIndonesian
- deviazioneItalian
- מַעֲקָףHebrew
- 迂回する, 迂回路Japanese
- 우회Korean
- CIRCUMITUSLatin
- ara autaki, autakiMāori
- omleiding, omleiden, omrijden, omweg, omlopenDutch
- omveiNorwegian
- objazdPolish
- desvio, desviarPortuguese
- ocolRomanian
- окольный путь, обход, объездRussian
- omvägSwedish
- dolambaçlı yolTurkish
- làm saiVietnamese
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