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Verb [English]

IPA: /daɪˈvɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /daɪˈvɝt/ [General-American], /dɪˈvɝt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-divert.ogg Forms: diverts [present, singular, third-person], diverting [participle, present], diverted [participle, past], diverted [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wert-}}, {{der|en|enm|diverten}} Middle English diverten, {{der|en|fro|divertir||to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert}} Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), {{der|en|la|di-||apart}} Latin di- (“apart”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} divert (third-person singular simple present diverts, present participle diverting, simple past and past participle diverted)
  1. (transitive) To turn aside from a course. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to lead away from a course): offlead
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  2. (transitive) To distract. Tags: transitive Translations (distract): yayındırmaq (Azerbaijani), отвличам (otvličam) (Bulgarian), 轉移 /转移 (zhuǎnyí) (Chinese Mandarin), harhauttaa (Finnish), hämätä (Finnish), ablenken (German), αποσπώ (apospó) (Greek), distraktar (Ido), distraher (Interlingua), distrarre (Italian), отвлека́ть (otvlekátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отвле́чь (otvléčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), distraer (Spanish), desviar (Spanish), echar por el desvío (Spanish), despistar (Spanish), desorientar (Spanish), destantear (Spanish), avleda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-divert-en-verb-gFa5ztco Disambiguation of 'distract': 4 89 2 6
  3. (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention) Tags: transitive Translations (entertain): əyləndirmək (Azerbaijani), забавлявам (zabavljavam) (Bulgarian), развличам (razvličam) (Bulgarian), 遣悶 /遣闷 (qiǎnmèn) (Chinese Mandarin), viihdyttää (Finnish), divertir (French), unterhalten (German), διασκεδάζω (diaskedázo) (Greek), distraktar (Ido), amuzar (Ido), diverter (Interlingua), divertirsi (Italian), distrarsi (Italian), развлека́ть (razvlekátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), развле́чь (razvléčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), забавля́ть (zabavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), позаба́вить (pozabávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), divertir (Spanish), entretener (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-divert-en-verb-9sq6Honl Disambiguation of 'entertain': 11 5 68 16
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Translations (turn aside): kənara çəkmək (Azerbaijani), qırağa çəkmək (Azerbaijani), tərəfə çəkmək (Azerbaijani), отклонявам (otklonjavam) (Bulgarian), desviar (Catalan), 轉向 /转向 (zhuǎnxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), poiketa (Finnish), dévier (French), umlenken (German), umleiten (German), εκτρέπω (ektrépo) (Greek), deviar (Interlingua), deviare (Italian), ī (Khiamniungan Naga), diverto (Latin), whakapeau (Maori), whakahipa (Maori), отводи́ть (otvodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отвести́ (otvestí) [perfective] (Russian), отклоня́ть (otklonjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отклони́ть (otklonítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), desviar (Spanish), echar por el desvío (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-divert-en-verb-Zo1u3lNJ Disambiguation of 'turn aside': 39 2 2 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: divertable, divertee, divertive, redivert, undivert Related terms: diversion, diversity, diverse

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:",
          "text": "Many of the remaining trains have been retimed and where possible freight trains have also been diverted to alternative routes.",
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          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about Hertingfordbury:",
          "text": "Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity.",
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        "(transitive) To turn aside from a course."
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          "text": "that crude apple that diverted Eve",
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          "ref": "1973 December 29, Jonathan Cross, “The Fag In The Fifth Row”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 28, page 4:",
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          "ref": "1641 September 7 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 28 August 1641]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "io",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozabávitʹ",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "позаба́вить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "divertir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "entretener"
    }
  ],
  "word": "divert"
}

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