DISTRACT

Meaning of DISTRACT in English

[ dɪ'strakt ]

■ verb prevent (someone) from concentrating on something.

↘divert (attention) from something.

Derivatives

~ed adjective

~edly adverb

~ing adjective

~ingly adverb

~or noun

Origin

ME: from L. ~- , distrahere 'draw apart'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

DISTRACT — distract- see distraher
Interlingua English vocab
DISTRACT — trublar, distracter (-ion, -iv), confuser
English interlingue dictionary
DISTRACT — palinga
English-Visayan vocabulary
DISTRACT — I. adjective Date: 14th century insane , mad , II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us, past participle …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DISTRACT — I. dəˈstrakt, (ˈ)di|s- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin distractus, past participle 1. obsolete : drawn apart or pulled to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISTRACT — (v. t.) To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the …
Английский словарь Webster
DISTRACT — (v. t.) To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
Английский словарь Webster
DISTRACT — (v. t.) To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the …
Английский словарь Webster
DISTRACT — (v. t.) To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
Английский словарь Webster
DISTRACT — (a.) Insane; mad.
Английский словарь Webster
DISTRACT — ( v. t. ) To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISTRACT — I. di-ˈstrakt, ˈdis-ˌtrakt adjective Date: 14th century archaic : insane , mad II. di-ˈstrakt transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DISTRACT — adj insane; mad. 2. distract ·adj separated; drawn asunder. 3. distract ·vt to draw apart or away; to divide; to …
Webster English vocab
DISTRACT — distract BrE AmE dɪ ˈstrækt də- ▷ distract|ed/ly ɪd /li əd /li ▷ distract|ing/ly ɪŋ /li ▷ distract|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DISTRACT — / dɪˈstrækt; NAmE / verb [ vn ] distract sb/sth (from sth) to take sb's attention away from what they …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISTRACT — dis ‧ tract /dɪˈstrækt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: distractus , past participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISTRACT — v.tr. 1 (often foll. by from) draw away the attention of (a person, the mind, etc.). 2 bewilder, perplex. 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DISTRACT — v.tr. 1 (often foll. by from) draw away the attention of (a person, the mind, etc.). 2 bewilder, perplex. 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DISTRACT — v.tr. 1. (often foll. by from) draw away the attention of (a person, the mind, etc.). 2 bewilder, perplex. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
DISTRACT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB easily ▪ He's easily distracted from anything that isn't creative writing, though, very up-and-down. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISTRACT — [verb] [T] - to take (someone or their attention) away from what they should be doing or want to be …
Cambridge English vocab
DISTRACT — verb ADVERB ▪ easily ▪ He's easily ~ed from his work ▪ momentarily , temporarily ▪ A noise outside momentarily …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DISTRACT — гл. 1) отвлекать (внимание, мысли и т. п.) (from) to distract the attention ≈ отвлекать внимание to distract the mind …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISTRACT — distract.ogg dısʹtrækt v 1. отвлекать, уводить в сторону; рассеивать to distract smb.'s attention /mind/ from smth. - отвлечь чьё-л. внимание …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISTRACT — distract гл.1) отвлекать (внимание, мысли и т. п.; от чего-л. - from) to distract the attention — отвлекать внимание to …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DISTRACT — v 1. отвлекать, уводить в сторону; рассеивать to distract smb.'s attention /mind/ from smth. - отвлечь чьё-л. внимание от чего-л. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DISTRACT — гл. 1) отвлекать ( внимание, мысли и т. п. ) to distract the attention — отвлекать внимание to distract the …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DISTRACT — гл. 1) отвлекать (внимание, мысли и т. п.) to distract the attention — отвлекать внимание to distract the mind — отвлекать мысли A woman …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DISTRACT — _v. 1> отвлекать, рассеивать (внимание и т. п.) (from) A woman whose husband has just died needs activity to distract …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DISTRACT — v. 1. отвлекать, рассеивать (внимание и т. п.) (from) A woman whose husband has just died needs activity to distract …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DISTRACT — гл. 1) отвлекать (внимание, мысли и т. п.) (from) to distract the attention ≈ отвлекать внимание to distract the mind …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISTRACT — (a.) Separated; drawn asunder.
Английский словарь Webster
DISTRACT — ( v. t. ) To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISTRACT — ( v. t. ) To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISTRACT — ( v. t. ) To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISTRACT — ( a. ) Separated; drawn asunder.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISTRACT — ( a. ) Insane; mad.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISTRACT — — distracter , n. — distractible , adj. — distractingly , adv. /di strakt"/ , v.t. 1. to draw away …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISTRACT — v. disturb, confuse, worry; divert, amuse; draw one's attention away
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DISTRACT — Pronunciation: di- ' strakt Function: transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere, literally, to draw …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DISTRACT — v. Pronunciation: di- ' strakt, ' dis- ˌ trakt Function: adjective Date: 14th century archaic : INSANE , MAD
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DISTRACT — [dis.tract] adj (14c) archaic: insane, mad [2]dis.tract vt [ME, fr. L distractus, pp. of distrahere, lit., to draw apart, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DISTRACT — ( distracts, distracting, distracted) If something distracts you or your attention from something, it takes your attention away from it. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISTRACT — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) If something ~s you or your attention from something, it takes your attention away from it. Tom …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DISTRACT — Synonyms and related words : absorb, addle, agitate, amuse, ball up, befuddle, beguile, bemuse, bewilder, blunt, bother, bug, call away, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DISTRACT — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: CONFUSE 2, addle, ball up, befuddle, bewilder, ||bumfuzzle, fluster, fuddle, mix up, throw off 2 …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DISTRACT — v. a. 1. Divert, draw away, turn aside. 2. Perplex, confuse, discompose, harass, disturb, disconcert, bewilder, confound, mystify, embarrass. 3. …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
DISTRACT — verb 1. Synonyms: confuse 2, addle, ball up, befuddle, bewilder, ||bumfuzzle, fluster, fuddle, mix up, throw off 2. Synonyms: madden …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DISTRACT — verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
DISTRACT — See ↑ DISTURB 1
Longman Activator English vocab
DISTRACT — v. 25B6; verb DIVERT, sidetrack, draw away, disturb, put off.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DISTRACT — v. ( D ; tr. ) to ~ from (the music ~ed them from their studies)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
DISTRACT — v. 1 divert, deflect, sidetrack, turn aside, draw away Sorry, I was distracted for a moment - where were we? …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DISTRACT — Приводить в смятение
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DISTRACT — (v) отвлекать; отвлечь; привести в смятение; приводить в смятение; рассеивать; рассеять; расстраивать; расстроить; увести в сторону; уводить в сторону
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DISTRACT — v 1. отвлекать, уводить в сторону; рассеивать to ~ smb.'s attention /mind/ from smth. - отвлечь чьё-л. внимание от чего-л. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DISTRACT — v. отвлекать, рассеивать, развлекать; сбивать с толку, приводить в смятение; расстраивать, смущать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DISTRACT — v. отвлекать, рассеивать, развлекать; сбивать с толку, приводить в смятение; расстраивать, смущать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DISTRACT — отвлекать, рассеивать (внимание и т. п.; from) сбивать с толку; смущать; расстраивать; distracted - обезумевший
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
DISTRACT — _v. 1> отвлекать, рассеивать (внимание и т.п. - from) 2> сбивать с толку; смущать; расстраивать; distracted by (или with, at) …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DISTRACT — [v.] 1) отвлекать (внимание) 2) смущать, расстраивать, сбивать с толку
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
DISTRACT — v 1) отвлекать (внимание) ; 2) смущать, расстраивать, сбивать с толку
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
DISTRACT — приводить в смятение
English-Russian Online Dictionary
DISTRACT — отвлекать
English-Russian vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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