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diversion Noun 1. Chiefly Brit an official detour used by traffic when a main route is closed 2. something that distracts someone's attention or concentration 3. the act of diverting from a specified course 4. a pleasant or amusing pastime or activity diversionary adj
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diversion noun 2. pastime, play, game, sport, delight, pleasure, entertainment, hobby, relaxation, recreation, enjoyment, distraction, amusement, gratification, divertissement, beguilement 1. The act of drawing the attention and forces of an enemy from the point of the principal operation; an attack, alarm, or feint that diverts attention. 2. A change made in a prescribed route for operational or tactical reasons. A diversion order will not constitute a change of destination. 3. A rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination or on a different mode of transportation prior to arrival at ultimate destination. 4. In naval mine warfare, a route or channel bypassing a dangerous area. A diversion may connect one channel to another or it may branch from a channel and rejoin it on the other side of the danger. See also demonstration. Translations (distraction) → Ablenkung f; (of funds) → Umlenkung f |
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This diversion is only practised by those persons who are candidates for great employments, and high favour at court. It may seem strange that of all men sailors should be tinkering at their last wills and testaments, but there are no people in the world more fond of that diversion. Lord and master over all this scene, the captain stood erect on the ship's elevated quarter-deck, so that the whole rejoicing drama was full before him, and seemed merely contrived for his own individual diversion. |
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