distract in English: To take someone's attention away from what they are doing. (verb)

Translation

To take someone's attention away from what they are doing.

Word origin

From Latin distrahere, meaning to pull apart, from dis plus trahere, meaning to pull.

Verb typeregular (distract, distracts, distracted)

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To distract someone is to pull their attention away from their task.

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Something distracts you FROM what you were doing.

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Distracted is the adjective: unable to keep your attention on one thing.

attention

The act of watching, listening or thinking about something with care.

focus

To give all your attention to one thing.

look

To turn your eyes towards something so you can see it.

mind

The part of a person that thinks, feels and remembers.

watch

To look at something for a time to see what it does or what happens.

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