diversion
pronunciation
How to pronounce diversion in British English:
UK [daɪˈvɜːʃn]
How to pronounce diversion in American English:
US [daɪˈvɜːrʒn]
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- Noun:
- an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
Word Origin
- diversion (n.)
- 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). Sense of "amusement, entertainment" is first recorded 1640s. Hence, divertimento (1823), from the Italian form; originally "a musical composition designed primarily for entertainment."
Example
- 1. The nightclub has a landfill diversion rate of 89 percent .
- 2. Try to create a diversion to distract your baby 's attention when you leave .
- 3. All this speculation is an engaging diversion , but tells us little .
- 4. The diversion of water to beijing will add to the pressures .
- 5. A diversion channel was finished yesterday .