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GO ASTRAY

Synonyms within Context: GO ASTRAY

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Deviation

Stray, straggle; sidle; diverge; tralineate; digress, wander; wind, twist, meander; veer, tack; divagate; sidetrack; turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from; wheel, steer clear of; ramble, rove, drift; go astray, go adrift; yaw, dodge; step aside, ease off, make way for, shy.

Error

Trip, stumble; lose oneself; (uncertainty); go astray; fail; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear; (mismanage); put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance; (credulity); dream; (imagine).

Vice

Verb: be vicious; Adjective: sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress; misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself; misdo, misbehave; fall, lapse, slip, trip, offend, trespass; deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue; take a wrong course, go astray; hug a sin, hug a fault; sow one's wild oats.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: GO ASTRAY

English words defined with "GO ASTRAY": ForwanderMigo, Miswander, MiswendWay warden. (references)
Etymologies containing "GO ASTRAY": Miswend. (references)

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Modern Usage: GO ASTRAY

DomainUsage

Lyrics

See sometimes I may go astray but he'll lead me back the right way (The Best Man I Can Be; performing artist: Ginuwine)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: GO ASTRAY

AuthorQuotation

Carlyle

Foolish men mistake transitory semblances for eternal fact, and go astray more and more.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: GO ASTRAY

Language Translations for "GO ASTRAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

afdwaal (aberrate, stray, stray off). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отклонявам се от правия път (go wrong, stray, wander), залутвам се, заблуждавам се (err, stray, wander). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zabloudit (lose one's way, stray), sejít na scestí. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verdwalen (aberrate, lose one's way, stray off), van de weg afwýken (aberrate, stray off), opzýgaan (get off the subject, stray off), dwalen (aberrate, err, make a mistake, roam, stray off, wander), afdwalen (aberrate, deviate, get off the subject, stray from one's subject, stray off, wander from one's subject). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

forflankiĝi (stray off), flankiĝi (stray off), devojiĝi (stray off), deflankiĝi (get off the subject). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

eksyä (err, get lost, lose one's way). (various references)

   

French

  

s'égarer, fauter. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ôfdwale (aberrate, stray from one's subject, stray off, wander from one's subject). (various references)

   

German

  

sich verirren (aberrate, get lost, lose smb.'s way, roam, stray, stray off, to get lost, to lose one's way). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πάω περιπλανόμενοσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ללכת לאבו" (be destroyed, be lost, be wasted, disappear), לשטות (deviate, rebel, turn aside), לאבו" "רך (get lost, lose one's way), לסטות (deviate, diverge, pervert, robbery, stray, turn aside, wayward). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tévútra vezet (to lead sy wrong), félremegy (to turn aside). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kesasar. (various references)

   

Italian

  

traviare (lead astray, mislead), sviare (deviate, distract, divert, lead astray, mislead, misrepresent, sidetrack, swerve, turn, turn aside), smarrirsi (aberrate, miscarry, stray, stray off), perdersi (aberrate, disappear, stray, stray off). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

逸れる  (to get lost, to go astray, to stray turn from subject), 逸れる (to get lost, to go astray, to strayfrom subject), 迷い込む (to go astray, to lose one's way), 踏み迷う (to go astray, to lose one's way). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

それる (to get lost, to go astray, to strayfrom subject), まよい"む (to go astray, to lose one's way), ふみまよう (to go astray, to lose one's way), はぐれる (to get lost, to go astray, to strayfrom subject). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ogay astrayay

   

Portuguese

  

perder-se (astray, disappear, lose the day, miscarry, straggle, stray, wander), extraviar-se (astray, leave out, miscarry, straggle, stray), desviar‐se (get off the subject), afastar‐se (absent onself, depart, get off the subject, leave). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

apuca pe o cale greşitã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

заблудиться (astray, lose bearings, lose oneself, wander). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zastraniti (astray: go astray, deviate, digress, sway, swerve), zalutati (astray: go astray, get lost, stray, wry), poći pogrešnim putem (astray: go astray). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

extraviarse (aberrate, err, get lost, go wrong, lose oneself, miscarry, straggle, stray, stray off, wander). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

irra (roam, wander). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yoldan çıkmak (deviate, fall from, get out of hand, go off the rails, run off the rails, swerve), yanlış yola sapmak, kaybolmak (be lost, clear away, die away, die down, disappear, go, lose, lose one's bearings, lose out, smear, wander, wither), kötü yola düşmek (backslide, become a prostitute, fall, slide), hata yapmak (do wrong, err, goof, lapse, make mistake, nod, slip, slip up, stumble, stumble in, stumble into, trip), azmak (become unmanageable, overflow, romp, run riot, run wild, rut, take the bit between one's teeth), azıtmak (lose, overflow, riot, run riot). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

збитися з дороги. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: GO ASTRAY

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

errabat, errabit, errando, errans, errant, errantem, errantes, erranti, errantia, errare, errarent, erraretis, errasse, errat, erratis, errato, erraverit, erraverunt, erravi, erravimus, errent, erret, erro, error, oberraveris, oberraverit, oberrem, pecco. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: GO ASTRAY

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 5, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOutoV teleuta meta apaideutwn ek de plhqouV thV eautou biothtoV exerrifh kai apwleto di' afrosunhn
Latin405VulgateIpse morietur quia non habuit disciplinam et multitudine stultitiae suae decipietur
Middle English1395WyclifHe shal dien, for he hadde not discipline; and in the multitude of his folie he shal ben begylyd.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Basic English1964OgdenHe will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: GO ASTRAY

LanguageProverbs Chapter 5, Verse 23
CebuanoSiya mamatay tungod sa pagkakulang sa pahamangno; Ug sa pagkadaku sa iyang pagkabuang siya mahisalaag.
Chinese他 不 受 " 誨 、 就 必 死 亡 . 又 愚 昧 過 " 、 必 走 差 了 路 。
CroatianUmrijet æe jer nema pouke, propast æe zbog svoje goleme gluposti.
Danishhan dør af Mangel på Tugt, går til ved sin store Dårskab.
DutchHij zal sterven, omdat hij zonder tucht geweest is, en in de grootheid zijner dwaasheid zal hij verdwalen.
FinnishKurittomuuteensa hän kuolee ja suistuu harhaan suuressa hulluudessaan.
FrenchIl mourra faute d`instruction, Il chancellera par l`excès de sa folie.
GermanEr wird sterben, darum daß er sich nicht will ziehen lassen; und um seiner großen Torheit willen wird's ihm nicht wohl gehen.
Haitian CreoleY'ap mouri paske yo pa konn kontwole tèt yo. Y'ap peri paske yo fin pèdi tèt yo nèt.
HungarianÕ meghal fenyíték híján, és bolondságának sokasága miatt támolyog.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariIa mati karena tidak menerima nasihat. Ketololannya membawa dia kepada kehancuran.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSebab tiada diterimanya pengajaran, maka binasalah ia, dan iapun akan disesatkan oleh kebodohannya yang tiada terbaiki adanya.
ItalianEgli morir per mancanza di disciplina, si perder per la sua grande stoltezza.
MaoriKa mate ia, he mea kihai i whakaakona, ka pohehe i te nui o tona wairangi.
NorwegianHan må dø, fordi han ikke lot sig tukte, og for sin store dårskaps skyld tumler han og faller.
PortugueseEle morre pela falta de disciplina; e pelo excesso da sua loucura anda errado.   
RumanianEl va muri din lipsq de knfrknare, se va poticni din prea multa lui nebunie.
RussianПО ХНЙТБЕФ 'ЕЪ ОБУФБЧМЕОЙС, Й ПФ НОПЦЕУФЧБ 'ЕЪХНЙС УЧПЕЗП ФЕТСЕФУС.
SpanishÉl morirá por falta de disciplina. y a causa de su gran insensatez se echará a perder.
SwedishHan måste dö, därför att han icke lät tukta sig; ja, genom sin stora dårskap kommer han på fall.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: GO ASTRAY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-o-r-s-t-y"

-2 letters: agoras, aortas, argosy, argots, astray, gators, groats.

-3 letters: agars, agora, aorta, argot, artsy, gator, goats, gorsy, grays, groat, grots, gyros, ragas, ratos, rayas, roast, rotas, ryots, satay, satyr, stagy, stogy, story, stray, stroy, taros, togas, toras, trays, troys, tyros, yogas.

-4 letters: agar, agas, arts, arty, gars, gast, gats, gays, goas, goat, gory, goys.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-o-r-s-t-y"
 

+4 letters: parasitology.

 

+5 letters: agranulocytes, geostationary, orgiastically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Quotations: Familiar
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Bible Trace
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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