DISTRACTION
\dɪstɹˈakʃən], \dɪstɹˈakʃən], \d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈa_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DISTRACTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
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mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
By Princeton University
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an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
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the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
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mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which diverts attention; a diversion.
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A diversity of direction; detachment.
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State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.
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Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.
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Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
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Derangement of the mind; madness.
By Oddity Software
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That which diverts attention; a diversion.
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A diversity of direction; detachment.
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State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.
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Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.
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Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
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Derangement of the mind; madness.
By Noah Webster.
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State of having the attention diverted; that which diverts attention; perplexity; mental confusion; insanity.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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