Usually means: Redirecting attention or resources elsewhere.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word diversion:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. diversion: Merriam-Webster
  2. diversion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diversion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diversion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. diversion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Diversion, diversion: Wordnik
  7. diversion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. diversion: Wiktionary
  9. diversion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. diversion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. diversion: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. diversion: Dictionary.com
  13. diversion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. diversion: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Diversion (film), Diversion, The Diversion (Animorphs), The Diversion (novel): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Diversion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. diversion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. diversion: Rhymezone
  19. diversion, diversin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. diversion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Diversion: Britih-American Dictionary
  22. diversion: FreeDictionary.org
  23. diversion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. diversion: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. diversion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. diversion: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. diversion: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Diversion: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
  6. diversion: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diversion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. diversion: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Diversion: Urban Dictionary

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Diversion: Science In Your Watershed: Hydrologic Definitions
  7. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See diversions as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
noun:  A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
noun:  The act of diverting.
noun:  Removal of water via a canal.
noun:  (transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
noun:  (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.
noun:  (law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program.

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