Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tangent off

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: tan-gen-t off
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of fly off at a tangent (“to digress from a topic”).

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

To digress from (a topic).

Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To digress from (a place).

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Tangenting off... did not someone write an SF novel/story some years back about the social consequences when people were fitted with visible arousal indicators?"
"Once again, you've avoided directly answering the question. The passage in Job has *absolutely nothing* to do with the topic at hand--would you please try to stay focused on this point instead of tangenting off as you did with the "Peter born-again walking on water" issue?"
"Well don't tangent off and focus on that little piece."
"Tangenting off this, for a few years a local strip mall had a rather interesting pairing of stores next to each other."
"To an extent... We have tangented off the path so far that no one cares any more."
"but i don't see how just because the topic has tangented off one of your responses it's somehow inappropriate; i suspect that others browsing/lurking might find the content enlightening."

Usage

Inflected Forms

tangents off (present, singular) tangenting off (participle, present) tangented off (participle, past) tangented off (past)

Frequently Paired Words

tangent

Synonyms

fly off at a tangent

Questions

What does tangent off mean?: Synonym of fly off at a tangent (“to digress from a topic”).

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