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divert
What does divert mean?
divert (verb): send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce divert?
/daɪˈvɝt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does divert come from?
From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “divert” mean?
send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one
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to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture
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to behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner
Not quite: that's what swagger means.
to make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof
Not quite: that's what allege means.
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