What does diverting mean?
Definitions for diverting
dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ-di·vert·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word diverting.
Princeton's WordNet
amusing, amusive, divertingadjective
providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
"an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"
Webster Dictionary
Diverting
of Divert
Divertingadjective
amusing; entertaining
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of diverting in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of diverting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of diverting in a Sentence
On a month-to-month basis, single parents really don't have a lot of extra room to help cover costs, they're really living paycheck to paycheck. They're taking their incomes and diverting them immediately into expenses, which means that they don't have savings that allows them to weather any unforeseen storm.
Most of the money going to these projects is pork barrel money -- it just isn't necessary. I am good with diverting that money. There is lots of waste in the military, especially on the bases. Fort Huachuca, they've got everything they need -- so divert the money to the border.
I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore and diverting himself and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary while the greater ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
It's not addictive. No one is diverting it. It doesn't get Julie Holland high, but it can reduce craving and anxiety.
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