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distractdistract /dɪˈstrækt/ ●●○ S3 verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYdistractOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere to pull apart VERB TABLEdistract |
Present | I, you, we, they | distract | | he, she, it | distracts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | distracted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have distracted | | he, she, it | has distracted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had distracted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will distract | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have distracted |
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Present | I | am distracting | | he, she, it | is distracting | | you, we, they | are distracting | Past | I, he, she, it | was distracting | | you, we, they | were distracting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been distracting | | he, she, it | has been distracting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been distracting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be distracting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been distracting |
► distracted attention from Events overseas have distracted attention from the economy. to do something that takes someone’s attention away from what he or she should be paying attention to: Don’t distract me while I’m driving!distract somebody from something Jack’s music was distracting me from my book. Events overseas have distracted attention from the economy. [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin distractus, past participle of distrahere to pull apart]—distracting adjective |