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diversion
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diversion \Di*ver"sion\, n. [Cf. F. diversion. See Divert.]
The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.
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That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. ``Public diversions.''
--V. Knox.Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and folly, furnish useful diversion to readers.
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(Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.
Syn: Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport; game; play; solace; merriment.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "diverse condition;" c.1600 "act of diverting," from Middle French diversion, from Late Latin diversionem (nominative diversio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin divertere (see divert).\n
\nSense of "amusement, entertainment" is first recorded 1640s. Hence, divertimento (1823), from the Italian form; originally "a musical composition designed primarily for entertainment."
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context military English) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action. 2 A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind. 3 The act of diverting. 4 Removal of water via a canal. 5 (context transport English) A detour, such as during road construction 6 (context transport English) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination'''US FM 55-15 '' TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886'''''. 7 (context legal English) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program.
WordNet
n. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: recreation]
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation]
an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack [syn: diversionary attack]
Wikipedia
Diversion may refer to:
- diversion dam, the rerouting of water from a river or lake for flood control, or as part of a water supply network
- Diversion program, criminal justice scheme usually for minor offenses
- Diversionary tactic, also known as feint: a military deception designed to draw enemy strength away from a primary target
- Diversion airport, an airport designated for an emergency landing
- Drug diversion, the transfer of legally prescribed controlled pharmaceuticals to other individuals
- Product diversion, the sale of products in unintended markets
- Distraction
- as a proper name
- Diversion, a British television film later adapted into the 1987 movie Fatal Attraction
- Yamaha Diversion, a motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha
Usage examples of "diversion".
In spite of the evident need to pursue the Italians along the Libyan coast while the going is good, we shall have to consider the dispatch of four or five more squadrons of the Royal Air Force to Greece, and possibly the diversion of part of the 2d British Armoured Division.
Come directly through the gates as fast as you can and go to the aviary without diversion.
Jessica dawdled until Joseph departed, as he usually did, for the bakehouse, where his younger brother was employed, and the other servants were either in church or on their way to their own Sunday morning diversions.
She looked around for a diversion, saw Bucko, and whirled to go to him.
Italy, that we should relieve her from the pressure of the Dervishes round Kassala by effecting a diversion, and obliging the enemy to send a large force down to Dongola to resist our advance.
Marshal Soult was preparing for its relief, and Marmont, in the hope of effecting a diversion had entered Portugal, and was ravaging the country east of the Estrella.
Far under his feet the river was louder than usual, the enlarged flume thundering an increased flood down beyond the dam, while to the upriver the earthwork diversion dike had backed up increasingly deeper water, still water to all appearance, until it slipped violently down that chute and boiled among the rocks before it started its seaward course again.
There was a faint gleam of fire far down the path, that wound down to the site, the diversion dike, from which the big flume carried its thundering load toward the black mass of the dam and over.
The army of the Ancestress ran after us, and the diversion was a godsend to Cut-Off-Their-Balls Wang, who emerged from the bushes and gathered his men and began stealing everything in sight, and confusion degenerated into chaos.
Lily pointed to an ordinary goldfinch fluttering at the echinacea as a further diversion.
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The fool should have hacked the head off one of the first two as a diversion, then on the recovery used the same fluid, brutal force to swing back on the prime target, waist-high.
This was sad news indeed, and to cause a diversion at the breakfasttable I took much notice of the generous Don Francisco, and promised to compose a nuptial song for his wedding-day, which had been fixed for the early part of January.
And every building in the city that is not a place of buying, selling, trading or warehousing of goods seems to be a hospitium or a deversorium for lodging those visitors, or a therma for bathing and refreshing them, or a taberna or caupona for feeding them, or a lupanar for their sexual diversion.