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- Dictionarydiverting/dəˈvərdiNG/
adjective
- 1. entertaining or amusing: "fans of these actors will find this book a diverting read"
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The meaning of DIVERTING is providing amusement or entertainment. How to use diverting in a sentence.
entertaining and enjoyable: Her book is highly diverting and full of interesting facts. The first episode in this diverting new comedy introduces all the main characters. divert. Fewer examples. In this diverting documentary, we find out what happened to the child actors when they grew up. The competition was exciting and endlessly diverting.
1. a. : to turn from one course or use to another : deflect. divert traffic to a side street. diverting funds to other projects. b. : distract. trying to divert her attention. 2. : to give pleasure to especially by distracting the attention from what burdens or distresses. children diverting themselves with their toys. Synonyms.
Diverting definition: serving to divert; entertaining; amusing.. See examples of DIVERTING used in a sentence.
Something that's diverting is a pleasant distraction. A movie on a long bus ride — even a bad movie — is diverting.
adjective. us / dɪˈvɝː.t̬ɪŋ / uk / daɪˈvɜː.tɪŋ / Add to word list. entertaining and enjoyable: Her book is highly diverting and full of interesting facts. The first episode in this diverting new comedy introduces all the main characters. Fewer examples. In this diverting documentary, we find out what happened to the child actors when they grew up.
1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. To distract: My attention was diverted by an argument between motorists. 3. To entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; amuse. See Synonyms at amuse. v.intr. To turn aside.
to cause something or someone to change direction: Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced. be diverted toOur flight had to be diverted to Newark because of the storm. to use something for a different purpose: Should more funds / money / resources be diverted from roads into railways?
Definition of diverting adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
[often passive] to use money, materials, etc. for a different purpose from their original purpose. be diverted (from something) (to/into something) More of the budget was diverted into promotions. to take somebody’s thoughts or attention away from something synonym distract.
