distraction.
Something that distracts.
Meaning & usage
Something that distracts.
Poking one's eye is a good distraction from a hurting toe.
The process of being distracted.
We have to reduce distraction in class if we want students to achieve good results.
Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
Mental disarray; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
The incessant nightmares drove him to distraction.
Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French distraction, from Latin distractio. Equivalent to distract + -ion.
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