to divert
Pronunciation
/daÉĒˈvɝːt/
/daÉĒˈvɜːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "divert"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to change direction or take a different course
Intransitive
to divert definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river diverts to the east before reaching the main channel.
āύāĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ• āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧋āĻĻāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to engage or occupy someone in an amusing or enjoyable manner
Transitive: to divert sb
to divert definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The magician 's tricks were so captivating that they diverted the children for hours.
āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧋āĻĻāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone or something to change direction
Transitive: to divert sb/sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Air traffic control had to divert several incoming flights to different runways.
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ—āϤ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϟāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϰāĻžāύāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāσāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to redirect money, materials, or resources from their original intended purpose to another use
Transitive: to divert money or resources
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company decided to divert funds from marketing to research and development.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ“ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧇ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to distract or shift someone's attention or focus away from something
Transitive: to divert someone's attention or focus
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The entertaining movie was enough to divert my attention from the stressful day.
āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧋āĻĻāύāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrange for incoming telephone calls to be redirected to another number
Transitive: to divert a call to another number
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to divert her business calls to her colleague's phone while she was on vacation.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

diverted
diverting
divert
diverse
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