- 1to make somebody/something change direction Northbound traffic will have to be diverted onto minor roads. The course of the stream has now been diverted.
- 2divert something to use money, materials, etc. for a different purpose from their original purpose
- 3divert something to take somebody’s thoughts or attention away from something synonym distract The war diverted people's attention away from the economic situation.
- 4divert somebody (formal) to entertain people Children are easily diverted. Word Originlate Middle English: via French from Latin divertere, from di- ‘aside’ + vertere ‘to turn’.
divert
verbBrE BrE//daɪˈvɜːt//; NAmE NAmE//daɪˈvɜːrt//
divert somebody/something (from something) (to something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they divert BrE BrE//daɪˈvɜːt//; NAmE NAmE//daɪˈvɜːrt//
he / she / it diverts BrE BrE//daɪˈvɜːts//; NAmE NAmE//daɪˈvɜːrts//
past simple diverted BrE BrE//daɪˈvɜːtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//daɪˈvɜːrtɪd//
past participle diverted BrE BrE//daɪˈvɜːtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//daɪˈvɜːrtɪd//
-ing form diverting BrE BrE//daɪˈvɜːtɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//daɪˈvɜːrtɪŋ//
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