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disattend

disattend verb: to be distracted (from); used with to.

Verb

disattend (third-person singular simple present disattends, present participle disattending, simple past and past participle disattended)

  1. To be distracted (from); used with to.
    • More specifically, they learn to move towards, and quickly respond to, positive stimuli (e.g., portraits of happy faces) and disattend to, or shift attention away from, negative stimuli (e.g., mean faces, threatening animals).2015 July 1, Lieke A. M. W. Wijnhoven et al., “The effect of the video game Mindlight on anxiety symptoms in children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in BMC Psychiatry, volume 15, →DOI

Forms of disattend

third-person singular presentdisattends
present participledisattending
past participledisattended
pastdisattended

Origin of disattend

From dis- + attend.

Questions about disattend

What does disattend mean?
Disattend means to be distracted (from); used with to.
What part of speech is disattend?
Disattend is a verb.
What is the past tense of disattend?
The past tense of disattend is disattended.

Words near disattend in the dictionary

  1. disattached
  2. disattaches
  3. disattaching
  4. disattachment
  5. disattachments
  6. disattend
  7. disattending
  8. disattends
  9. disattention
  10. disattentions
  11. disattenuate

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