divert
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English diverten, from Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
divert (third-person singular simple present diverts, present participle diverting, simple past and past participle diverted)
- (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
- The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
- (transitive) To distract.
- Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
- (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.
- I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. — Evelyn.
Synonyms [edit]
- (to lead away from a course): offlead
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
turn aside
distract
External links [edit]
- divert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- divert in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
