deflect

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• UK: /dɪˈflɛkt/
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• rhymes with -ɛkt
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 F L EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin deflecto, from de- (“away”) + flecto (“to bend”).

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: շեղել (šeġel) — to make deviate
• Bulgarian: отклонявам (otklonjavam) — to make deviate
• Catalan: desviar — to make deviate
• Finnish: poikkeuttaa — to make deviate
• French: détourner — to make deviate
• German: ablenken — to make deviate
• Hungarian: eltérít — to make deviate
• Hungarian: elhajlít — to make deviate
• Indonesian: membelokkan — to make deviate
• Indonesian: belokkan — to make deviate
• Indonesian: mendefleksikan — to make deviate
• Indonesian: defleksikan — to make deviate
• Latin: dēflectō — to make deviate
• Malay: memesongkan — to make deviate
• Malay: pesongkan — to make deviate
• Malay: mendefleksikan — to make deviate
• Malay: defleksikan — to make deviate
• Māori: whakangungu — to make deviate
• Russian: отклоня́ть (otklonjátʹ) — to make deviate
• Russian: отклони́ть (otklonítʹ) — to make deviate
• Spanish: desviar — to make deviate
• Spanish: rebatir — to make deviate
• Spanish: deflejar — to make deviate
• Spanish: deflexionar — to make deviate
• Spanish: deflectar — to make deviate
• Swedish: avlänka — to make deviate
• Swedish: avböja — to make deviate
• Tagalog: ilihis — to make deviate
• Galician: desviar — to make a ball unpredictable
• German: abfälschen — to make a ball unpredictable
• German: abwehren — to make a ball unpredictable
• Hungarian: elüt — to make a ball unpredictable
• Portuguese: desviar — to make a ball unpredictable
• Spanish: desviar — to make a ball unpredictable
• Armenian: շեղվել (šeġvel) — to deviate
• Bulgarian: отклонявам се (otklonjavam se) — to deviate
• Catalan: desviar-se — to deviate
• Finnish: poiketa — to deviate
• French: dévier — to deviate
• German: ausweichen — to deviate
• German: abweichen — to deviate
• Hungarian: eltér — to deviate
• Hungarian: eltérül — to deviate
• Hungarian: kitér — to deviate
• Hungarian: elterelődik — to deviate
• Hungarian: elhajlik — to deviate
• Russian: отклоня́ться (otklonjátʹsja) — to deviate
• Russian: отклони́ться (otklonítʹsja) — to deviate
• Spanish: desviarse — to deviate
• Swedish: avvika — to deviate
• German: ausweichen — to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.
• Hungarian: kitér ... elől — to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.
• Hungarian: elhárít — to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.
• Russian: уклоня́ться (uklonjátʹsja) — to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.
• Russian: уклони́ться (uklonítʹsja) — to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.
• German: zerstreuen — to divert attention, etc.
• Hungarian: elterel — to divert attention, etc.