Found 3 items, similar to diversion.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: diversion
hiburan, pengalihan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: diversion
diversion
n 1: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates;
“scuba
diving is provided as a diversion for tourists”;
“for
recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword
puzzles”;
“drug abuse is often regarded as a form of
recreation” [syn:
recreation]
2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);
“a
diversion from the main highway”;
“a digression into
irrelevant details”;
“a deflection from his goal” [syn:
deviation,
digression,
deflection,
deflexion,
divagation]
3: an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the
point of the principal attack [syn:
diversionary attack]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Diversion
Diversion
\Di*ver"sion\, n. [Cf. F. diversion. See
Divert.]
1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or
object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel;
diversion of the mind from business.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind
from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport;
play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth.
“Public
diversions.” --V. Knox.
[1913 Webster]
Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and
folly, furnish useful diversion to readers.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an
enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be
made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.
Syn: Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport;
game; play; solace; merriment.
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