Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - distract
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Distract
distract
~ v to make someone who is working, studying etc unable to continue what they are doing by making them look at or listen to something else (Try not to distract the other students. | distract sb from) (Meg was distracted from her work by the noise outside. | distract sb's attention (=deliberately stop someone paying attention to what they are doing)) - distracting adj
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(distracts, distracting, distracted) If something distracts you or your attention from something, it takes your attention away from it. Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework... Don’t let yourself be distracted by fashionable theories... A disturbance in the street distracted my attention. VERB: V n from n, be V-ed, V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Date: 14th century archaic insane, mad II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us, past participle of distrahere, literally, to draw apart, from dis- + trahere to draw Date: 14th century 1. a. to turn aside ; divert refused to be ~ed from her purpose b. to draw or direct (as one's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time was ~ed by a sudden noise 2. to stir up or confuse with conflicting emotions or motives Synonyms: see puzzle • ~ibility noun • ~ible also ~able adjective • ~ingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 (often foll. by from) draw away the attention of (a person, the mind, etc.). 2 bewilder, perplex. 3 (as distracted adj.) mad or angry (distracted by grief; distracted with worry). 4 amuse, esp. in order to take the attention from pain or worry. Derivatives distractedly adv. Etymology: ME f. L distrahere distract- (as DIS-, trahere draw) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. отвлекать, уводить в сторону; рассеивать to distract smb.'s attention (mind) from smth. —- отвлечь чье-л. внимание от чего-л. you are distracting me —- ты мне мешаешь, ты меня отвлекаешь от дела 2. раздирать душу; приводить в смятение, растерянность; расстраивать her mind was distracted by grief —- горе оглушило ее, она обезумела от горя to be distracted with pain —- обезуметь от боли I am distracted with doubts —- меня мучают (раздирают) сомнения ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) отвлекать, рассеивать (внимание и т.п.) (from) A woman whose husband has just died needs activity to distract her from her grief. 2) сбивать с толку; смущать; расстраивать distracted by/with/at smth. - расстроенный чем-л. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1340, "to draw asunder or apart" (lit. and figurative), from L. distractus, pp. of distrahere "draw in different directions," from dis- "away" + trahere "to draw." Sense of "to throw into a state of mind in which one knows not how to act" is from 1583. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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