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1 divert
transitive verb1) umleiten [Verkehr, Fluss, Fahrzeug]; ablenken [Aufmerksamkeit]; lenken [Energien, Aggressionen]2) (distract) ablenken3) (entertain) unterhalten* * *1) (to cause to turn aside or change direction: Traffic had to be diverted because of the accident.) umleiten2) (to amuse or entertain.) zerstreuen* * *di·vert[daɪˈvɜ:t, AM dɪˈvɜ:rt]I. vt1. (reroute)▪ to \divert sth etw verlegen [o umleiten]to \divert a line eine Strecke verlegento \divert traffic den Verkehr umleiten2. (reallocate)▪ to \divert sth etw für einen anderen Zweck verwendenadditional staff have been \diverted into the department es wurden zusätzlich Arbeitskräfte für die Abteilung abgestelltto \divert funds Finanzmittel anders einsetzen3. (distract)4. (amuse)▪ to \divert sb jdn unterhalten [o zerstreuenII. vi umdrehen, die Richtung ändern* * *[daɪ'vɜːt]vt1) traffic, stream umleiten; attention ablenken; conversation in eine andere Richtung lenken; blow abwenden; money abzweigen; resources, investment umlenken2) (= amuse) unterhalten* * *1. ablenken, ableiten, abwenden ( alle:from von;to nach), lenken (to auf akk)2. abbringen ( from von)3. Geld etc abzweigen (to für)4. Br den Verkehr umleiten5. zerstreuen, unterhalten ( beide:with mit, durch)6. einen Verdacht etc von sich ablenken* * *transitive verb1) umleiten [Verkehr, Fluss, Fahrzeug]; ablenken [Aufmerksamkeit]; lenken [Energien, Aggressionen]2) (distract) ablenken3) (entertain) unterhalten* * *v.ableiten v.ablenken v.umleiten v. -
2 divert
di·vert [daɪʼvɜ:t, Am dɪʼvɜ:rt] vt1) ( reroute)to \divert sth etw verlegen [o umleiten];to \divert a line eine Strecke verlegen;to \divert traffic den Verkehr umleiten2) ( reallocate)to \divert sth etw für einen anderen Zweck verwenden;to \divert sth into sth etw für etw akk verwenden;additional staff have been \diverted into the department es wurden zusätzlich Arbeitskräfte für die Abteilung abgestellt;to \divert funds Finanzmittel anders einsetzen3) ( distract)to \divert sth from sth von etw dat ablenken;to \divert sb's attention away from sth jds Aufmerksamkeit von etw dat ablenken4) ( amuse)to \divert sb jdn unterhalten [o zerstreuen] vi umdrehen, die Richtung ändern
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