DIVERT/DISTRACT ATTENTION

Meaning of DIVERT/DISTRACT ATTENTION in English

See ↑ ATTENTION 9

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DISTRACT — distract- see distraher
Interlingua English vocab
DIVERT — detornar, deflecter, deflancar; amusar, divertisser
English interlingue dictionary
DISTRACT — trublar, distracter (-ion, -iv), confuser
English interlingue dictionary
DISTRACT — palinga
English-Visayan vocabulary
DIVERT — verb see: worth Date: 15th century intransitive verb to turn aside ; deviate , transitive verb 1. to turn from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
ATTENTION — In psychology , the act or state of applying the mind to an object of sense or thought. William James …
Английский словарь Британика
DIVERT — I. də̇ˈvər]t, dīˈ-, -və̄], -vəi], usu ]d.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English diverten, from Middle French & Latin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
ATTENTION — əˈtenchən also aˈ-; as a command in sense 5 (ə)|tenˈshən or (a)|-, with prolongation of -ten- noun ( -s ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIVERT — (v. i.) To turn aside; to digress.
Английский словарь Webster
DIVERT — (v. t.) To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to …
Английский словарь Webster
DIVERT — (v. t.) To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a …
Английский словарь Webster
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
DIVERT — ( v. t. ) To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIVERT — ( v. t. ) To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
DIVERT — — divertedly , adv. — diverter , n. — divertible , adj. /di verrt", duy-/ , v.t. 1. to turn …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ATTENTION — — attentional , adj. n. /euh ten"sheuhn/ ; interj. /euh ten'shun"/ , n. 1. the act or faculty of attending, …
Random House Webster's 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
DIVERT — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French divertir, from Latin divertere to turn in opposite directions, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ATTENTION — (ə-)ˌten(ch)-ˈhət noun Etymology: Middle English attencioun, from Latin attention-, attentio, from attendere Date: 14th century 1. a. : the act …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIVERT — vi to turn aside; to digress. 2. divert ·vt to turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended …
Webster English vocab
DISTRACT — adj insane; mad. 2. distract ·adj separated; drawn asunder. 3. distract ·vt to draw apart or away; to divide; to …
Webster English vocab
ATTENTION — the concentration of awareness on some phenomenon to the exclusion of other stimuli. In everyday waking life, attention is discontinuous, …
Britannica English vocabulary
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
DIVERT — / daɪˈvɜːt; NAmE -ˈvɜːrt/ verb [ vn ] divert sb/sth (from sth) (to sth) 1. to make sb/sth change direction …
Oxford Advanced Learner's 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
ATTENTION — / əˈtenʃn; NAmE / noun , exclamation ■ noun LISTENING / LOOKING CAREFULLY 1. [ U ] the act of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIVERT — di ‧ vert /daɪˈvɜːt, də- $ -ɜːrt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISTRACT — dis ‧ tract /dɪˈstrækt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: distractus , past participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ATTENTION — at ‧ ten ‧ tion S2 W1 /əˈtenʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ attention …
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
ATTENTION — n. & int. --n. 1 the act or faculty of applying one's mind (give me your attention; attract his attention). …
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
ATTENTION — n. & int. n. 1 the act or faculty of applying one's mind (give me your attention; attract his attention). …
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
ATTENTION — n. & int. --n. 1. the act or faculty of applying one's mind (give me your attention; attract his attention). …
Oxford English vocab
DIVERT — ( diverts, diverting, diverted) 1. To divert vehicles or travellers means to make them follow a different route or go …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ATTENTION — ( attentions) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you give someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIVERT — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flight is diverted (= it is made to change direction and land at a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIVERT — (CHANGE DIRECTION) [verb] [T] - to cause (something or someone) to change directionTraffic will be diverted through the side streets …
Cambridge English vocab
DISTRACT — [verb] [T] - to take (someone or their attention) away from what they should be doing or want to be …
Cambridge English vocab
ATTENTION — (NOTICE) [noun] [U] - notice, thought or considerationCould I have your attention, please?They're organizing a campaign to draw/call people's attention …
Cambridge English vocab
ATTENTION — n. In psychology , the act or state of applying the mind to an object of sense or thought. Wilhelm …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DIVERT — Synonyms and related words : absorb, abstract, abuse, alter, amuse, avert, befoul, beguile, bend, bias, blunt, call away, change, change …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ATTENTION — Synonyms and related words : NB, TLC, absorption, acclaim, act of courtesy, acuity, acuteness, agility, alertness, amenity, anticipation, application, assiduity, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIVERT — verb Divert is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ attention , ↑ flight , ↑ flow , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DISTRACT — verb ADVERB ▪ easily ▪ He's easily ~ed from his work ▪ momentarily , temporarily ▪ A noise outside momentarily …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ATTENTION — noun 1 act of watching/listening/showing interest ADJECTIVE ▪ full , rapt , undivided ▪ They listened with rapt ~. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ATTENTION — See ↑ ATTENTION 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be the centre of attention • ↑ be the focus of attention • …
Longman Activator English vocab
ATTENTION — INDEX: 1. to listen and watch carefully 2. to pay particular attention to a subject or person 3. to pay …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIVERT — v. 25B6; verb a plan to divert Siberia's rivers : RE-ROUTE, redirect, change the course of, deflect, channel. he diverted …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIVERT — v. 1 switch, rechannel, redirect; change, alter, deflect Funds for the new civic centre have been diverted to housing We …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ATTENTION — n. 1 heed, regard, notice; concentration Please give your attention to the teacher Pay attention! Don't let your attention wander. …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ATTENTION — noun 1 BAD : Everyone should pay attention to avoiding stressful situations. GOOD : Everyone should take care to avoid …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
DIVERT — гл. 1) а) отводить; отклонять, направлять в другую сторону (from; onto/to) To prevent flooding, we shall have to divert the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISTRACT — гл. 1) отвлекать (внимание, мысли и т. п.) (from) to distract the attention ≈ отвлекать внимание to distract the mind …
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