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3 days ago · 1. Keep electronics away. [1] If you know your smartphone or tablet will distract you, keep them away from you. Put your electronics out of sight or power them down if you tend to get wrapped up in them. Keep your electronics in another room, in a drawer, or somewhere where you cannot easily access them. [2]
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Distraction is the process of diverting the attention of an individual or group from a desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information. Distraction is caused by: the lack of ability to pay attention; lack of interest in the object of attention; or the great intensity, novelty or attractiveness of ...
noun. /dɪˈstrækʃn/ Idioms. [countable, uncountable] a thing that takes your attention away from what you are doing or thinking about. I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. cinema audiences looking for distraction. distraction from something The TV provided a distraction from his work. Extra Examples.
A distraction is something that takes your attention away from what you're supposed to be doing. If you just can't keep from checking your email every ten seconds, that's a distraction that's going to interfere with doing your homework. A distraction can also be a pleasant break.
the state of being distracted. distracted. mental distress or derangement: That child will drive me to distraction. Synonyms: craziness, insanity, lunacy, madness. that which distracts, divides the attention, or prevents concentration: The distractions of the city interfere with my studies.
something that makes you stop giving your attention to something else: The phone calls were a constant distraction. drive sb to distraction UK. to make someone very annoyed. (Definition of distraction from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of distraction. in Chinese (Traditional)
1. : something that makes it difficult to think or pay attention. [count] It was hard to work with so many distractions. One of them created a distraction while the other grabbed the money. [noncount] He worked without distraction. 2. [count] : something that amuses or entertains you so that you do not think about problems, work, etc.
