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DISTRACTION

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• DISTRACTION (noun)
The noun DISTRACTION has 4 senses:

1. mental turmoil
2. an obstacle to attention
3. an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
4. the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something

Familiarity information: DISTRACTION used as a noun is uncommon.

• DISTRACTION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Mental turmoil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

he drives me to distraction

Hypernyms ("distraction" is a kind of...):

confusedness; confusion; disarray; mental confusion; muddiness (a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An obstacle to attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("distraction" is a kind of...):

inattention (lack of attention)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

An entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

beguilement; distraction

Hypernyms ("distraction" is a kind of...):

amusement; entertainment (an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

distraction; misdirection

Context example:

conjurers are experts at misdirection

Hypernyms ("distraction" is a kind of...):

alteration; revision (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification))

"No man is content with his lot."
(English proverb)
"Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dine like a pauper."
(Maimonides)
"Three feet of ice does not result from one day of freezing weather."
(Chinese proverb)
"To make an elephant out of a mosquito."
(Dutch proverb)

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