GO OFF ON A TANGENT

Meaning of GO OFF ON A TANGENT in English

➡ fly / go off at a tangent

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

GO OFF ON A TANGENT — внезапно отклониться, сорваться, странно себя повести
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GO OFF ON A TANGENT — внезапно отклониться, сорваться, странно себя повести
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TANGENT — I. ˈtanjənt, ˈtaan- adjective Etymology: Latin tangent-, tangens, present participle of tangere to touch; akin to Greek tetagōn having seized, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
GO — I. (|)gō, when followed without pause by a stressed syllable sometimes _gə or +V _gəw verb ( went (|)went ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TANGENT — (a.) meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve …
Английский словарь Webster
TANGENT — (v. t.) A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that …
Английский словарь Webster
TANGENT — ( v. t. ) A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TANGENT — ( a. ) meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TANGENT — /tan"jeuhnt/ , adj. 1. in immediate physical contact; touching. 2. Geom. a. touching at a single point, as a tangent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TANGENT — I. ˈtan-jənt adjective Etymology: Latin tangent-, tangens, present participle of tangere to touch; perhaps akin to Old English thaccian to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GO — I. ˈgō verb ( went ˈwent ; gone ˈgȯn also ˈgän ; go·ing ˈgō-iŋ, ˈgȯ(-)iŋ; “gȯing to” in sense 13 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TANGENT — adj touching; touching at a single point. 2. tangent ·adj meeting a curve or surface at a point and having …
Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
GO — noun a glass of spirits. 2. go ·noun act; working; operation. 3. go ·p.p. gone. 4. go ·noun noisy merriment; …
Webster English vocab
TANGENT — [tan.gent] adj [L tangent-, tangens, prp. of tangere to touch; perh. akin to OE thaccian to touch gently, stroke] (1594) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GO — [go] vb went ; gone ; go.ing ; goes [ME gon, fr. OE gan; akin to OHG gan to go, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TANGENT — Tangent relationships (Top left) Tangent to curve at P1 is line in geometry, straight line (or smooth curve) that touches …
Britannica English vocabulary
TANGENT — tangent BrE AmE ˈtæn d ʒ ə nt ▷ tangent|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TANGENT — / ˈtændʒənt; NAmE / noun 1. ( geometry ) a straight line that touches the outside of a curve but …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GO — / gəʊ; NAmE goʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( goes / gəʊz; NAmE goʊz/ went / went; NAmE / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TANGENT — tan ‧ gent /ˈtændʒənt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: present participle of tangere …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TANGENT — n. & adj. --n. 1 a straight line, curve, or surface that meets another curve or curved surface at a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
TANGENT — n. & adj. n. 1 a straight line, curve, or surface that meets another curve or curved surface at a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TANGENT — n. & adj. --n. 1. a straight line, curve, or surface that meets another curve or curved surface at a …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TANGENT — ( tangents) 1. A tangent is a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TANGENT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB go ▪ As for going off at tangents , my dear, I do it …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TANGENT — (CIRCLE) [noun] [C] - a straight line which touches but does not cut into a curveIf someone (esp. UK) goes …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TANGENT — A narrative drift connection, sometimes tenuously, to the original topic. Example: How'd we start talking about motorcycles? Oh, well, tangent. …
Slang English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GO — n. 25B6; verb he's gone into town : MOVE, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass; walk, travel, journey; poetic/literary …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TANGENT — 1. сущ. 1) мат. касательная 2) мат. тангенс 3) амер.; разг. прямой участок железнодорожного пути ∙ to fly/go off at/on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TANGENT — tangent.ogg 1. ʹtændʒ(ə)nt n 1. мат. касательная to draw a tangent to a curve - провести касательную к кривой 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TANGENT — 1) касательная 2) тангенс 3) прямой участок пути • tangent to a circle — касательная к окружности - arc tangent …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TANGENT — 1) касательная 2) тангенс 3) прямой участок пути • tangent to a circle — касательная к окружности - arc tangent - dielectric loss tangent - external tangent - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TANGENT — 1) касательная 2) касательный 3) касающийся 4) контактный 5) тангенс • almost tangent lattice — почти касательная решетка antiholomorphic tangent vector — антиголоморфный касательный вектор continuously rotating tangent …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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