Distraction

Definitions

1. Something that distracts.
   countable, uncountable
2. The process of being distracted.
   countable, uncountable
3. Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
   countable, uncountable
4. Mental disarray; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
   countable, uncountable
5. Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

26 more languages

العربيةشغلصرف الإنتباه

Българскиотвличане

Bosanskizabavaзабава

Catalàdistracció

Češtinavyrušení

Danskafledning

Ελληνικάαντιπερασπισμόςαντιπερισπασμός

Suomihäiriöhäiriötekijähämäys

Gaeilgeseachrán

Galegodistraccióndiversión

עבריתהיסח הדעת

Hrvatskizabavaзабава

Magyarelterelésfigyelmetlenségőrület

Bahasa Indonesiabencanagangguan

Italianodistrazione

日本語逆上䜌

Latinaavocatio

Maltialjenazzjoni

Nederlandsafleiding

Polskirozkojarzenie

Portuguêsdistraçãodistracção

Русскийотвлечение

Српскиzabavaзабава

Svenskadistraktion

ไทยการเบี่ยงเบนความสนใจ

Українськавідволіканнярозсіяність

Examples

“Poking one's eye is a good distraction from a hurting toe.”

“At last⟳ the Duke of Anjou arrived, dressed, as his brother said, to distraction.”

““… This is a surprise⟳ attack, and I’d no wish⟳ that the garrison, forewarned, should escape⟳. I am sure, Lord Stranleigh, that he has been descanting on the distraction of the woods and the camp, or perhaps the metropolitan dissipation of Philadelphia, …””

“We have⟳ to reduce⟳ distraction in class if we want⟳ students to achieve⟳ good results.”

“The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like⟳ to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let⟳ you "stay⟳ up to date⟳ with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on. But the real way to build⟳ a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control⟳ of their own⟳ attention.”

“We determined that the probable cause of the Tishomingo, Oklahoma, collision was the teen driver’s acceleration through the intersection after briefly slowing without stopping, due to distraction from having five teen passengers in the car, limited driving experience⟳, and likely impairment from cannabis.”

“It's true that the Copernican Systeme introduceth distraction in the universe of Aristotle.”

“The incessant nightmares drove him to distraction.”

“[…] if he speak⟳ the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep⟳, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.”

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