divert
- (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
- (transitive) To distract.
- (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To turn aside; to digress.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/daɪˈvɜːt/
Etymology
From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
turn aside
side-track
jolly up
turn towards
wander from the subject
change direction
be deflected
desviar
ablenken
distraire
dirottare
διασκεδάζω
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