divert
divert
Definition
di·vert (də vʉrt′, dī-)
transitive verb
- to turn (a person or thing) aside from a course, direction, etc. into another; deflect
- to distract the attention of
- to amuse; entertain
Etymology: ME diverten < OFr divertir < L divertere: see diverse
divert
Synonyms
divert
v.
divert
Usage Examples
Object
- attention: Tracking back tends to divert attention to the edges of the screen.
- ton: In 2003/4 residents on the blue box scheme diverted 2573 tons of rubbish from landfill site.
- little..: May 30 2006, 10:47 PM delvin146 To divert just a little.. does anyone still use.. .
- footpath: The stated intentions of the new owner were to divert the public footpath.
- waste: Ultimately the objective is to divert waste from landfill sites.
- traffic: For three hours there was chaos, with traffic diverted.
Preposition: over
- ton: Cambridgeshire residents have diverted over 110,000 tons of rubbish from landfill during 2004/05.
Modifying Another Word
- mildly: Bulletproof Monk does exactly what it says on the tin and promises an hour and a half of mildly diverting entertainment.
- temporarily: It has, however, temporarily diverted its path as it moves into the constellation of Draco.
- elsewhere: The three sailors got diverted elsewhere by some of the Marines.
- illegally: Transit cigarettes are diverted illegally onto the black market of a country they are supposed to be passing through.
- away: Much of the money diverted away from general hospitals will pass straight into the hands of private companies.
- instead: Raven sliding to block a through ball instead diverted the ball past the quietly effective Roque.
Followed by a transitive particle
- off: Journeys will now divert off route on a demand responsive basis at these times.
Used with why or when
- that: Call deflexion is a selective call divert that allows a carrier bag supplier call to be forwarded without accepting it.
Infinitive complement
- serve: Route 260 - Withdrawn Route 261 - Withdrawn between Chinnor & Thame but diverted to serve Shabbington & Worminghall.
- avoid: The new access road, during the construction of which the building had been discovered, was diverted to avoid crossing the mosaics.
Preposition: from
- landfill: This results in over 800 tons of goods diverted from landfill each year.
- stream: Water was diverted from the stream along the top of the meadow and fed along the tops of the ridges.
- route: In conjunction with automatic lowering of trolley booms, a modern trolleybus can divert from route without having to stop.
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