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detoured

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Definition of detoured word

  • noun detoured Simple past tense and past participle of detour. 1

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Parts of speech for Detoured

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

detoured popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for detoured

noun detoured

  • bypassed — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
  • branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
  • circuited — Simple past tense and past participle of circuit.
  • forked — having a fork or fork-like branches.

verb detoured

  • shunted — to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
  • bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
  • circumvented — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
  • turned — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • burked — to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.

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