"divert" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /daɪˈvɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /daɪˈvɝt/ [General-American], /dɪˈvɝt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-divert.ogg [US] 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”), {{m|la|vertere||to turn}} vertere (“to turn”) 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
    Sense id: en-divert-en-verb-S7y49Z13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 7 7 18 Disambiguation of 'to lead away from a course': 100 0 0 0
  2. (transitive) To distract. Tags: transitive Translations (distract): yayındırmaq (Azerbaijani), отвличам (otvličam) (Bulgarian), 轉移 (Chinese Mandarin), 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), entretener (Spanish), distraer (Spanish), desviar (Spanish), avleda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-divert-en-verb-gFa5ztco Disambiguation of 'distract': 4 88 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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), distraer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-divert-en-verb-9sq6Honl Disambiguation of 'entertain': 11 6 67 17
  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 (Chinese Mandarin), 转向 (zhuǎnxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), poiketa (Finnish), dévier (French), umlenken (German), umleiten (German), εκτρέπω (ektrépo) (Greek), deviar (Interlingua), deviare (Italian), diverto (Latin), whakapeau (Maori), whakahipa (Maori), отводи́ть (otvodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отвести́ (otvestí) [perfective] (Russian), отклоня́ть (otklonjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отклони́ть (otklonítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), desviar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-divert-en-verb-Zo1u3lNJ Disambiguation of 'turn aside': 39 2 2 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: diversion, diversity, diverse

Inflected forms

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        "To turn aside; to digress."
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "di-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "apart"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin di- (“apart”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vertere",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to turn"
      },
      "expansion": "vertere (“to turn”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "diverts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diverting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diverted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diverted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "divert (third-person singular simple present diverts, present participle diverting, simple past and past participle diverted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "diversion"
    },
    {
      "word": "diversity"
    },
    {
      "word": "diverse"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The workers diverted the stream away from the road.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn aside from a course."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "aside",
          "aside"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To turn aside from a course."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To distract."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distract",
          "distract"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To distract."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated",
          "text": "We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entertain",
          "entertain"
        ],
        [
          "amuse",
          "amuse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn aside; to digress."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈvɜːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/daɪˈvɝt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈvɝt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)t"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-divert.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/En-us-divert.ogg/En-us-divert.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/En-us-divert.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to lead away from a course",
      "word": "offlead"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "kənara çəkmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "qırağa çəkmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "tərəfə çəkmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otklonjavam",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "отклонявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "desviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "轉向"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuǎnxiàng",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "转向"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "poiketa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "dévier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "umlenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "umleiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ektrépo",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "εκτρέπω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "deviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "deviare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "diverto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "whakapeau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "whakahipa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvodítʹ",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отводи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvestí",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отвести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otklonjátʹ",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отклоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otklonítʹ",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отклони́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "turn aside",
      "word": "desviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "yayındırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otvličam",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "отвличам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "轉移"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuǎnyí",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "转移"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "harhauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "hämätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "ablenken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apospó",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "αποσπώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "distraktar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "distraher"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "distrarre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvlekátʹ",
      "sense": "distract",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отвлека́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvléčʹ",
      "sense": "distract",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отвле́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "entretener"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "distraer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "desviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "distract",
      "word": "avleda"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "əyləndirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabavljavam",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "забавлявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razvličam",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "развличам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "遣悶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiǎnmèn",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "遣闷"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "viihdyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "divertir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "unterhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diaskedázo",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "διασκεδάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "distraktar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "amuzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "diverter"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "divertirsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "distrarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvlekátʹ",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "развлека́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvléčʹ",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "развле́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabavljátʹ",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "забавля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pozabávitʹ",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "позаба́вить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "entertain",
      "word": "distraer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "divert"
}

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