- [countable, uncountable] a thing that takes your attention away from what you are doing or thinking about
- I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
- cinema audiences looking for distraction
- distraction from something The TV provided a distraction from his work.
Extra Examples- Her odd appearance is a major distraction whenever she is on screen.
- He caused a distraction by setting off the alarm.
- She worked hard all morning, without distraction.
- Work was a welcome distraction from her problems at home.
- new laws to address driver distraction caused by phone conversations
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- unwanted
- good
- nice
- …
- cause
- create
- provide
- …
- without distraction
- distraction from
- drive somebody to distraction
- love somebody to distraction
- [countable] an activity that entertains you
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin distractio(n-), from the verb distrahere, from dis- ‘apart’ + trahere ‘to draw, drag’.
Idioms
See distraction in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee distraction in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishto distraction
- so that you become upset, excited or angry, and not able to think clearly
- The children are driving me to distraction today.
- She was alone in the house all day and bored to distraction.
- My kids drive me to distraction at times.
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