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Definitions for diverting
dɪˈvɜr tɪŋ, daɪ-di·vert·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. amusing, amusive, divertingadjective

    providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining

    "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"

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  1. diverting

    Diverting refers to the act of changing the direction or course of something, causing something to change its path or focus. This can refer to a physical action, such as diverting a river, or a mental action, such as diverting one's attention. Additionally, diverting can also mean providing amusement or entertainment, often as a way to distract from something less pleasant.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Diverting

    of Divert

  2. Divertingadjective

    amusing; entertaining

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of diverting in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of diverting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of diverting in a Sentence

  1. Isaac Newton:

    I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

  2. Isaac Newton:

    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 that ordinary while the greater ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

  3. Julie Gunnigle:

    We have over incarcerated our youth as well as our adults, but we've also done it in a particularly poor way with the inclusion of SROs at our schools, so, one of the things that I've been focusing on is: What should the role of law enforcement be inside our schools? And I am a proponent of, first, eliminating SROs and diverting that money back to school counselors. So many of our students go to schools without counselors or nurses, and those should be the first-line responders when it comes to solving student problems.

  4. John Ladd:

    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.

  5. Ashley Montagu:

    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.

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