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divert

/dʌɪˈvəːt/

US pronunciation

American sound/dʌɪˈvəːt/

dʌɪˈvəːt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

dʌɪ - ˈvəːt -> divert

Myanmar meaning

(v) လမ်းလွဲှသည်။ လမ်းကြောင်းပြောင်းသည်။ လမ်းပြောင်းပေးသည်။

Full entry

divert /daÇ'vɜ:t/ v

၁။ ~ sb/ sth (from sth) (to sth)
(က) လမ်းလွှဲသည်။ လမ်းကြောင်းပြောင်းသည်။ လမ်းပြောင်းပေးသည်။
divert traffic (from one road to another) ❍ divert a ship (from its course) ❍ divert resources (to other projects).
(ခ) အာရုံပြောင်းသည်။
By concentrating on the sensational aspects of the case the newspapers are diverting (our) attention from the real issues.
၂။ ပျော်စေသည်။ ရွှင်မြူးစေသည်။
Children are easily diverted.
❏ diverting adj ပျော်စရာကောင်းသော။ စိတ်ဖျော်ဖြေမှု ရစေသော။

More examples

[divert someone/something from something] : Police are trying to divert traffic away from the trouble spot.
[divert something from someone/something] : Cooper claims the council used the inquiry to divert attention from their financial problems.
[divert someone/something from something] : In an emergency, staff will be diverted from less urgent tasks to help out.
[divert someone/something to something] : Teachers called on the government to divert the extra money to schools.

Synonyms

redirect, deflect, reroute, switch, abstract, alter, amuse, attract attention, avert, beguile, bend the rules, break one up, catch flies, change, circumlocute, delight, detach, deter, detract, disadvise, discourage, disengage, dissuade, distract, disturb, draw away, entertain, fracture one, get around, get one's jollies, gladden, gratify, knock 'em dead, lead astray, lead away, make happy, modify, panic, pivot, please, put 'em away, recreate, regale, relax, send on a wild-goose chase, sheer, sidetrack, slay, stall, swerve, tickle, turn aside, turn away, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, wow

Antonyms

anger, annoy, attach, be direct, combine, connect, depress, disappoint, disturb, encourage, focus, irritate, keep to, maintain, make mad, pain, stay, straighten, unite, upset, worry

Cross references

redirect deflect reroute switch abstract alter amuse attract attention avert beguile bend the rules break one up catch flies change circumlocute delight detach deter detract disadvise discourage disengage dissuade distract disturb draw away entertain fracture one

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