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disattending

disattending is the present participle and gerund of disattend.

Meaning of disattend

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

Questions about disattending

What is disattending the present participle and gerund of?
Disattending is the present participle and gerund of disattend.

Words near disattending in the dictionary

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

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