Diversion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Diversion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Diversion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diversion n 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" Synonym(s): diversion, recreation 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" Synonym(s): diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack Synonym(s): diversion, diversionary attack
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diversion \Diver"sion\, n. [Cf. F. diversion. See {Divert}.] 1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion* of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business. 2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. [bd]Public diversions.[b8] --V. Knox. Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and folly, furnish useful diversion to readers. --Addison. 3. (Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts. Syn: Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport; game; play; solace; merriment.