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distracts

distracts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of distract.

Meaning of distract

Verb

distract (third-person singular simple present distracts, present participle distracting, simple past and past participle distracted)

  1. (transitive) To divert the attention of.
    • The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.
    Synonyms:
    sidetrack
  2. (transitive) To divert (attention).
    • It is recorded in the Talmud that there was no water organ [...] at the Temple, because of its sweet and powerful voice which was able to distract attention from the traditional instruments.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 14
  3. (transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.
    • By Heav’ns, ſuch Virtues, join’d with ſuch Succeſs,
      Diſtract my very Soul: Our Father’s Fortune
      Wou’d almoſt tempt us to renounce his Precepts.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2

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Questions about distracts

What is distracts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Distracts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of distract.

Words near distracts in the dictionary

  1. distractious
  2. distractive
  3. distractively
  4. distractor
  5. distractors
  6. distracts
  7. distrail
  8. distrails
  9. distrain
  10. distrainable
  11. distrained

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