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noun
1.
the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose: a diversion of industry into the war effort.
2.
a channel made to divert the flow of water from one course to another or to direct the flow of water draining from a piece of ground.
3.
British. a detour on a highway or road.
4.
distraction from business, care, etc.; recreation; amusement; a pastime: Movies are his favorite diversion.
5.
Military. a feint intended to draw off attention from the point of main attack.
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Diversion
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Example Sentences
- It is not, for all that, an entirely benign diversion.
- First, they worry that preferential tariffs will cause trade to flow in inefficient ways, a process known as trade diversion.
- The locals had built a rock and mud dam around it in a diversion arch.
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Word Origin & History
diversion
1600, from M.Fr. diversion, from L.L. diversionem (nom. diversio), from L. divertere (see divert). Sense of "amusement, entertainment" is first recorded 1648. Hence, divertimento (1823), from the It. form, originally "a musical composition designed primarily for entertainment."
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