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- Dictionarydistract/dɪˈstrakt/
verb
- 1. prevent (someone) from concentrating on something: "don't allow noise to distract you from your work"
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to take someone’s attention away from what that person is doing or should be doing: She liked to work with the radio playing and said it did not distract her. distraction. noun [ C/U ] us / dɪˈstræk·ʃən / [ U ] It’s impossible to work with all this distraction.
The meaning of DISTRACT is to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time. How to use distract in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Distract.
to make someone stop giving their attention to something: distract someone from something Don't distract her from her studies. distract attention from He tried to distract attention from his own illegal activities. Fewer examples. The teacher had to separate the two friends because they tend to distract each other in class.
Definition of 'distract' Word Frequency. distract. (dɪstrækt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense distracts , present participle distracting , past tense, past participle distracted. verb B2. If something distracts you or your attention from something, it takes your attention away from it.
Distract definition: to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention. See examples of DISTRACT used in a sentence.
Definition of distract verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To cause (someone) to have difficulty paying attention to something: The voices in the other room distracted him, so he couldn't concentrate on his homework. 2. To attract (the attention) away from its original focus; divert. 3. To cause to feel worried or uneasy; unsettle: The company's workforce was distracted by the prospect of a takeover.
