divert

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb turn aside; turn away from
  2. verb send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
  3. verb occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

Etymology

From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

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Synonyms

deviate

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