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Distracts Distracted Attention Verb Takes Tom Admits Playing

word distract
definition
verb
If something distracts you or your attention from something, it takes your attention away from it.
Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework.
Don't let yourself be distracted by fashionable theories.
A disturbance in the street distracted my attention.
inflections distractsdistractingdistracted
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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