Definitions of distract [ɪˈstrækt]

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Definition of 'distract'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) distract
to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention:
The music distracted us from our work.

2.  distract
to disturb or trouble greatly in mind; beset.

3.  distract
to provide a pleasant diversion for; amuse; entertain.

4.  distract
to separate or divide by dissension or strife.

5. (adj.) distract
Obs. distracted.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L distractus, ptp. of distrahere to draw apart =dis-dis -¹+trahere to draw)

Definition of 'distract'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) distract, deflect
draw someone's attention away from something
"The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

2. (verb) perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder
disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

Definition of 'distract'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) distract
to take sb's attention away from what they are doing
Their whispering was distracting her.

Definition of 'distract'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) distract
separated; drawn asunder

2. (adj) distract
insane; mad

3. (verb) distract
to draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin

4. (verb) distract
to draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention

5. (verb) distract
to agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass

6. (verb) distract
to unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted

Translation of 'distract'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to draw aside (the mind or attention of) He was constantly being distracted from his work by the noisy conversation of his colleagues.
Afrikaans: verward, deurmekaar	Arabic: يَصْرِفُ عَن، يُلْهي	Bulgarian: разсейвам
Brazilian: distrair	Czech: rozptylovat, vyrušovat	German: ablenken
Danish: distrahere	Greek: αποσπώ	Spanish: distraer
Estonian: häirima	Farsi: حواس کسی را پرت کردن	Finnish: häiritä
French: distraire	Hebrew: לְהָסִיח דָעַת	Hindi: ध्यान खींचना
Croatian: odvratiti pažnju, zbuniti	Hungarian: elvon (figyelmet)	Indonesian: mengalihkan perhatian
Icelandic: draga, leiða (athyglina e	Italian: distrarre, distogliere	Japanese: そらす
Korean: 산만하게 하다	Lithuanian: atitraukti, išblaškyti	Latvian: novērst (uzmanību)
Malay: mengalih perhatian	Dutch: afleiden	Norwegian: distrahere, avlede
Polish: rozpraszać, odciągać uwag	Persian: حواس کسی را پرت کردن	Pashto: ګرزول، اړول (لكه دنظرياتو
Portuguese: distrair	Romanian: a distrage	Russian: отвлекать
Slovak: (vy)rušiť	Slovenian: (za)motiti	Serbian: odvući
Swedish: distrahera, störa	Thai: ทำให้ไขว้เขว	Turkish: dikkatini dağıtmak
Taiwanese: 分散(注意力等)	Ukrainian: відвертати, розвіювати	Urdu: توجہ پھیرنا
Vietnamese: làm rối trí	Chinese: 分散（注意力等）
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