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US
/daɪˈvɝt, dɪˈvɝt/
]
[ UK /daɪvˈɜːt/ ]
[ UK /daɪvˈɜːt/ ]
VERB
- send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
- withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions
-
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
The play amused the ladies - turn aside; turn away from
How To Use divert In A Sentence
- All the essential B vitamins and folic acid from the food are grabbed by the bacteria present in diverticula caused by faecal matter and stagnant food which prevents these vitamins to reach the blood. Natural Remedies for Curing Diverticulosis
- The efforts of the Emperor Franz Joseph and the ruling elite to divert attention from their country's increasingly threadbare imperial pretensions furnished Musil with comic material galore.
- Passengers' eyes divert to Lauren and they begin to mutter incoherently about her.
- They talked occasionally of planting colonies, but were diverted by the war.
- She felt his hand grazing hers, and looked up at him, but his attention was suddenly diverted.
- Although efforts to divert single-use batteries from the waste stream are growing, only a patchwork of regulations currently exists, depending on where you live.
- What lawns deserve is grey water, that basinful of (cooled) soapy washing-up water, the sluiced out teapot, the diverted bathwater. Times, Sunday Times
- He thought this was a cheap shot by the chemical industry to divert attention away from pesticides. Times, Sunday Times
- One stray click and I'm rickrolled, prankishly diverted to the now-familiar footage of Rick Astley being devoured by a pack of London cannibals. Wired Top Stories
- This medical condition usually requires the surgical placement of a shunt system to divert cerebrospinal fluid to another part of the body.