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   Dis·tract

   /dəˈstrak(t)/

   

   verb

   • 1. prevent (someone) from giving full attention to something: "don't allow noise to distract you from your work"
   • ▪ divert (attention) from something: "it was another attempt to distract attention from the truth"
   • ▪ divert one's attention from something worrying or unpleasant by doing something different or more pleasurable: "I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jane"
   • ▪ perplex and bewilder: "horror and doubt distract His troubl'd thoughts"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘pull in different directions’): from Latin distract- ‘drawn apart’, from the verb distrahere, from dis- ‘apart’ + trahere ‘to draw, drag’.

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   to disturb or trouble greatly in mind; beset: Grief distracted him. to provide a pleasant diversion for; amuse; entertain: I'm bored with bridge, but golf still distracts me. to separate or divide by dissension or strife. adj. [ Obs.]distracted.

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   the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something. synonyms: misdirection. see more. noun. an obstacle to attention. see more. noun. mental turmoil. “he drives me to distraction ” see more. noun. an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations. synonyms: beguilement. see more.

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   having one's thoughts or attention drawn away : unable to concentrate or give attention to something… See the full definition

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   divert attention; confuse. View definitions for distract. distract. verb as in divert attention; confuse. Compare Synonyms. Synonyms. Antonyms. Strongest matches. amuse. bewilder. detract. disturb. divert. entertain. fluster. mislead. perplex. puzzle. trouble. Strong matches. abstract. addle. agitate. befuddle. beguile. confound. derange.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISTRACTION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   the state of being very bored or annoyed: His lessons bore me to distraction. That dreadful noise is driving me to distraction. C1 [ C or U ] something that prevents someone from giving their attention to something else: I can turn the television off if you find it a distraction. C1 [ C ] an activity that you do for pleasure:

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