See deflect on Wiktionary
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"(transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players."
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"(intransitive) To deviate from an original path or position."
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"sense": "to deviate",
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"sense": "to deviate",
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"sense": "to deviate",
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"roman": "otklonjátʹsja",
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"(transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.)."
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"text": "Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.",
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"(transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.)."
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"(psychology) To redirect culpability to avoid it."
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"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
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"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
"word": "elüt"
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"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
"word": "desviar"
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"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
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{
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"To make (something) deviate from its original path or position."
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"(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position."
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"(intransitive) To deviate from an original path or position."
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"To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.)."
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"(transitive, figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.)."
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"word": "elude"
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"text": "Certainly there was much in the relationship itself that, with so much energy deflected into logistic maneuvering was never […] \"worked out.\"",
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"ref": "2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, “Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.",
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"To divert (attention, etc.)."
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"(transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.)."
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],
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"To redirect culpability to avoid it."
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[
"psychology",
"psychology"
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[
"culpability",
"culpability"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(psychology) To redirect culpability to avoid it."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"psychology",
"sciences"
]
}
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"ipa": "/dɪˈflɛkt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "šeġel",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "շեղել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "otklonjavam",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "отклонявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "desviar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "poikkeuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "détourner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "ablenken"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "eltérít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "elhajlít"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "membelokkan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "belokkan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "mendefleksikan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "defleksikan"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "dēflectō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "memesongkan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "pesongkan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "mendefleksikan"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "defleksikan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "whakangungu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "otklonjátʹ",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отклоня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "otklonítʹ",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отклони́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "desviar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "rebatir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "deflejar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "deflexionar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "avlänka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "avböja"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "to make deviate",
"word": "ilihis"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
"word": "desviar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
"word": "abfälschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
"word": "abwehren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
"word": "elüt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
"word": "desviar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to make a ball unpredictable",
"word": "desviar"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "šeġvel",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "շեղվել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "otklonjavam se",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "отклонявам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "desviar-se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "poiketa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "dévier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "ausweichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "abweichen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "eltér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "eltérül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "kitér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "elterelődik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "elhajlik"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "otklonjátʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отклоня́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "otklonítʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отклони́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "desviarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to deviate",
"word": "avvika"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"word": "ausweichen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"word": "kitér … elől"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"word": "elhárít"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "uklonjátʹsja",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уклоня́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "uklonítʹsja",
"sense": "to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уклони́ться"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to divert attention, etc.",
"word": "zerstreuen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to divert attention, etc.",
"word": "elterel"
}
],
"word": "deflect"
}
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