Veering — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of turning aside suddenly

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/vˈɪɹɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/vˈiəɹɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/vˈiəɹɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /vˈɪɹɪŋ/.

Examples

The car cut to the left at the intersection
The motorbike veered to the right
the wind veered

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cut trend slue sheer curve swerve swerving veer slew

Antonyms

back

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of turning aside suddenly
verb	turn sharply; change direction abruptly “The car cut to the left at the intersection”
verb	shift to a clockwise direction “the wind veered”

Word Forms

swerve	verb	turn sharply; change direction abruptly
veer	verb	turn sharply; change direction abruptly
swerve	noun	an erratic deflection from an intended course
swerving	noun	the act of turning aside suddenly
curve	noun	the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
trend	noun	general line of orientation
veering	noun	the act of turning aside suddenly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

abbiegen

der Akt des plötzlichen Abwendens

🇫🇷French

virant

le fait de se détourner soudainement

🇪🇸Spanish

cambiante

el acto de desviarse repentinamente

🇮🇹Italian

virando

l'atto di voltarsi improvvisamente

🇳🇱Dutch

zwenken

de handeling van het plotseling afwenden

🇵🇹Portuguese

desviando

o ato de se desviar repentinamente

🇷🇺Russian

отклоняться

акт внезапного поворота в сторону

India

🇮🇳Hindi

घूमना

अचानक एक ओर मुड़ने की क्रिया

🇮🇳Tamil

திசைமாறி

திடீரென்று விலகிச் செல்லும் செயல்

🇮🇳Marathi

फिरणे

अचानक बाजूला वळण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

વીરીંગ

અચાનક બાજુ તરફ વળવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಿರುಗುತ್ತಿರುವ

ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ತಿರುಗುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വീറിംഗ്

പെട്ടെന്ന് മാറിപ്പോകുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵੀਰਿੰਗ

ਅਚਾਨਕ ਇੱਕ ਪਾਸੇ ਮੁੜਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

مڑنا

اچانک ایک طرف ہٹ جانے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

转向

突然转身的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

方向転換する

突然脇を向く行為

🇰🇷Korean

이행

갑자기 옆으로 돌아서는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

rẽ

hành động đột ngột quay sang một bên

🇹🇭Thai

หันเห

การหันเหไปทางอื่นกะทันหัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

membelok

tindakan berpaling secara tiba-tiba

🇵🇭Filipino

lumiliko

ang aktong tumabi bigla

🇲🇾Malay

membelok

perbuatan menoleh secara tiba-tiba

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انحراف

فعل التحول جانبا فجأة

🇮🇷Persian

منحرف

عمل دور زدن ناگهانی

🇹🇷Turkish

yön değiştirme

aniden kenara dönme eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

סטיה

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The primary meaning of 'veering' is 'the act of turning aside suddenly'.

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