Dictionary entry

Diversion

Pronunciation: /dʌɪˈvəːʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/dʌɪˈvəːʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) လမ်းလွဲှခြင်း။ လမ်းပြောင်းခြင်း။ လမ်းလွဲှ။ လမ်းခွဲ။

Definition

diversion /daÇ'vɜ:ʃn; US -vɜ:rʒn/ n ၁။ [C, U] လမ္းလႊဲျခင္း။ လမ္းေျပာင္းျခင္း။ the diversion of a stream/ one's energies ❍ the diversion of funds ❍ the diversion of flights because of fog. ၂။ [C] ( esp Brit ) ( US detour ) လမ္းလႊဲ။ လမ္းခြဲ။ Sorry I'm late— there was a diversion. ၃။ [C] စိတ္၌ အေျပာင္းအလဲျဖစ္ေစေသာ ေဖ်ာ္ေျဖမႈ။ the diversions of city life ❍ It's difficult to concentrate when there are so many diversions. ၄။ [C] အာ႐ံုေျပာင္းေစမႈ။ One of the gang created a diversion in the street while the others robbed the bank. diversionary /daÇ'vɜ:ʃǝnǝri; US -'vɜ:rʒǝneri/ adj diversionary action/ tactics/ raids.

Examples

  1. [create a diversion] : You create a diversion and I’ll run for the door!
  2. This would result in a massive diversion of funds.
  3. Sightseeing
  4. museum visits
  5. and other pleasant diversions
  6. The closure of the bridge has caused lengthy diversions.