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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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   The meaning of DISTRACT is to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time. How to use distract in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Distract.

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   to take someone’s attention away from what that person is doing or should be doing: She liked to work with the radio playing and said it did not distract her. distraction. noun [ C/U ] us / dɪˈstræk·ʃən / [ U ] It’s impossible to work with all this distraction.

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   to disturb or trouble greatly in mind; beset: Grief distracted him. Synonyms: distress, torment, pain, agitate, bewilder. 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.

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   DISTRACT meaning: 1. to make someone stop giving their attention to something: 2. to make someone stop giving their…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of DISTRACTION is something that distracts : an object that directs one's attention away from something else; especially : amusement. How to use distraction in a sentence.

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   Definition of distract verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   distract. 5 meanings: 1. to draw the attention of (a person) away from something 2. to divide or confuse the attention of (a person) 3..... Click for more definitions.