A distraction is something that takes your attention away from what you're supposed to be doing. If you just can't keep from checking your email every ten seconds, that's a distraction that's going to interfere with doing your homework.
The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
Noun
the act of distracting; drawing someone''s attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection"
Noun
an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
Noun
mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
Noun
an obstacle to attention
n.
The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
n.
That which diverts attention; a diversion.
n.
A diversity of direction; detachment.
n.
State in which the attention is called in different
ways; confusion; perplexity.
n.
Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political
distractions.
n.
Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind;
despair.
n.
Derangement of the mind; madness.
Distraction
To create distractions among us.2.
His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species.4.
That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.5.
Never was known a night of such distraction.6.
The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart.7.
The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
Usage Examples
I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.
Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation.
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Other Usage ExamplesNo Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count.
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present.
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