English Explanatory Dictionary

distraction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something that distracts.
  2. The process of being distracted.
  3. Perturbation; disorder; disturbance; confusion.
  4. Mental disarray; a deranged state of mind; insanity.
  5. Traction so exerted as to separate surfaces normally opposed.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/ En-us-distraction.ogg

Word forms

distraction distractions

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French distraction, from Latin distractio. Equivalent to distract + -ion.

Related words

distracter distractee

Derived words

distractionary distractionism distractionist distractionless distraction osteogenesis drive to distraction osteodistraction to distraction
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