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How to pronounce “distract”
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Pronunciation guide for distract
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of distract with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Dealing With The Mental Pain of Everyday Life
or they increase pleasure, which is another way of distracting
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To divert the attention of.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce distract
Dealing With The Mental Pain of Everyday Life

or they increase pleasure, which is another way of distracting
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “distract”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To divert the attention of.
- (transitive) To divert (attention).
- (transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.
- [Adjective]
- Drawn asunder; separated.
- Insane, mad.
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