distraction
pronunciation
How to pronounce distraction in British English:
UK [dɪˈstrækʃn]
How to pronounce distraction in American English:
US [dɪˈstrækʃn]
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- Noun:
- mental turmoil
- an obstacle to attention
- an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
- the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
Word Origin
- distraction (n.)
- mid-15c., "the drawing away of the mind," from Latin distractionem (nominative distractio) "a pulling apart, separating," noun of action from past participle stem of distrahere (see distract). Meaning "mental disturbance" (in driven to distraction, etc.) is c. 1600. Meaning "a thing or fact that distracts" is from 1610s.
Example
- 1. The makeup should enhance your face without becoming a distraction .
- 2. If games are a distraction for you , consider uninstalling them .
- 3. It makes them a comic distraction , rather than a serious movement .
- 4. The trial has proved a distraction for mr anwar .
- 5. We live in the age of distraction .