deflect meaning
EN
[dɪˈflɛkt] [-ɛkt] - VerbSGdeflectsPRdeflectingPT, PPdeflectedPREdé-SUF-lect
- (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path.
- (intransitive) To deviate from its original path.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
- The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
- (transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
- (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Nasri then got in on the act, rounding off a counter-attack with a drilled finish that deflected off Jason Lowe.
- As Moldova understandably tired after a night of ball chasing, Everton left-back Baines scored his first international goal as his deflected free-kick totally wrong-footed Namasco.
- The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of deflect in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Verbs
- en deflected
- en deflection
- en deflecting
- en deflects
- en deflector
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "deflect" is a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.