Dictionary Definition
diversion
Noun
1 an activity that diverts or amuses or
stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists";
"for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles";
"drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn:
recreation]
2 a turning aside (of your course or attention or
concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into
irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation]
3 an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away
from the point of the principal attack [syn: diversionary
attack]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
/daɪˈvɜːʃən/, /daI"v3:S@n/- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʒən
Noun
- A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
- A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
- The act of diverting.
- Removal of water via a canal
- In the context of "transport": The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.
Related terms
Translations
tactic used to draw attention away from the real
threat or action
- Finnish: harhautus
- German: Ablenkung
- Hebrew: הסחה (hasakha)
- Swedish: avledningsmanöver
hobby; an activity that distracts the mind
- Czech: zábava , rozptýlení
- Finnish: harrastus
- German: Unterhaltung
act of diverting
removal of water via a canal
rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new
transshipment point or destination
- Finnish: kiertotie
Noun
diversion- pastime, diversion, entertainment
Related terms
References
diversion
Extensive Definition
Diversion may refer to:
- Diversion, meddy film later adapted into the 1987 movie Fatal Attraction
- Yamaha Diversion, a motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha
- Pharmaceutical diversion, the diversion of licit drugs for illicit purposes
Diversion may also be:
- A distraction
- The removal of water via a canal
- A detour, such as during road construction
- A hobby or other thing done during spare time
- Illegal takings of money or food aid from a supply
diversion in Slovenian: Diverzija
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aberrancy, aberration, about-face,
abuse, abuse of office,
accommodation,
adaptation, adjustment, aerial tactics,
aggravated assault, aggression, airborne tactics,
alteration, amelioration, amphibious
attack, amusement,
apostasy, applied
tactics, armed assault, armored tactics, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, banzai attack, barrier
tactics, befoulment,
bend, betterment, bias, blitz, blitzkrieg, branching off,
break, breakthrough, bypass, cavalry tactics, change, change of heart, changeableness, charge, circuitousness,
constructive change, continuity, conversion, corner, corrupt administration,
counterattack,
counteroffensive, coup
de main, crippling attack, crook, curve, dead set at, debasement, declination, defalcation, defection, defensive strategy,
defilement, deflection, degeneration, degenerative
change, delectation,
departure, descent on,
desecration,
deterioration,
detour, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness, difference, digression, discontinuity, discursion, disport, dissipation, distractedness, distraction, divagation, divarication, divergence, diversification,
diversionary attack, diversity, divertisement, divertissement, divided
attention, dogleg,
double, drift, drifting, drive, embezzlement, encirclement, enjoyment, entertainment, errantry, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, feint, fire tactics, fitting, flank attack,
flip-flop, fouling,
frivolity, frontal
attack, fun, game, gas attack, gradual change,
hairpin, head-on attack,
improvement,
inattention,
indirection,
infantry tactics, infiltration, investment, levity, lightning attack,
lightning war, maladministration,
malfeasance,
malpractice,
malversation, mass
attack, megadeath,
melioration,
mirth, misapplication, misappropriation,
misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, misusage, misuse, mitigation, mob tactics,
mobile tactics, modification, modulation, mugging, obliquity, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, overkill, overthrow, panzer warfare,
passe-temps, pastime,
peculation, pererration, perversion, pilfering, pincers movement,
play, pleasure, pollution, poor stewardship,
profanation,
prostitution,
push, qualification, radical
change, rambling,
re-creation, realignment, recreation, redesign, reform, reformation, regalement, relaxation, relish, remaking, renewal, reshaping, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, run against, run
at, rush, sally, sheer, shift, shifting, shifting course,
shifting path, shock tactics, sidetrack, skew, slant, solace, sortie, sport, strategy, straying, strike, sudden change, sweep, swerve, swerving, swinging, switch, tack, tactics, total change, transition, turn, turnabout, turning, twist, unprovoked assault,
upheaval, variation, variety, veer, violation, violent change,
wandering, warp, withdrawal of attention,
worsening, yaw, zigzag