Diversion - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|daɪˈvɜːrʒn|
Brit.
|daɪˈvɜːʃ(ə)n|
noun
- an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates (syn: recreation)
scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) (syn: deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation)a diversion from the main highway
- an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attackExtra examples
Hiking is one of my favorite diversions.
Our town offers few diversions.
Sports provide him with a welcome diversion from the pressures of his job.
He created a diversion while his partner stole her pocketbook.
The diversion led to considerable confusion.
Word forms
noun
singular: diversion
plural: diversions
singular: diversion
plural: diversions
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