{
    "term": "divert",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "divert",
            "heSheIt": "diverts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "diverted",
        "pastParticiple": "diverted",
        "ingForm": "diverting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make somebody/something change direction",
            "sensetop": "be divertedbe diverted (from something) (to/into/onto something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The course of the stream has now been diverted.",
                    "contextForm": "be diverted"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Northbound traffic will have to be diverted onto minor roads.",
                    "contextForm": "be diverted (from something) (to/into/onto something)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to use money, materials, etc. for a different purpose from their original purpose",
            "sensetop": "be diverted (from something) (to/into something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "More of the budget was diverted into promotions.",
                    "contextForm": "be diverted (from something) (to/into something)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to take somebody’s thoughts or attention away from something",
            "sensetop": "divert somebody/something (away) from somethingdivert somebody/something (from something) to/onto something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The war diverted people's attention away from the economic situation.",
                    "contextForm": "divert somebody/something (away) from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She managed to divert the baby onto a different activity.",
                    "contextForm": "divert somebody/something (from something) to/onto something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to entertain people",
            "sensetop": "be diverted",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Children are easily diverted.",
                    "contextForm": "be diverted"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːt/",
                "audio": "di/divert/divert__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːts/",
                "audio": "di/divert/diverts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːtɪd/",
                "audio": "di/divert/diverted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/divert/diverting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːrt/",
                "audio": "di/divert/divert__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːrts/",
                "audio": "di/divert/diverts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːrtɪd/",
                "audio": "di/divert/diverted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːrtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/divert/diverting__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via French from Latin divertere, from di- ‘aside’ + vertere ‘to turn’."
}