distract

🇺🇸 /dɪˈstrækt/ 🇬🇧 /dɪˈstrækt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-B2
verb
B2

to make someone stop paying attention to what they are doing

The loud noise outside will distract me from my homework.

translation

v. to make someone stop paying attention to what they are doing

Word Forms

3rd Present distracts
Past distracted
Perfect distracted
Progressive distracting