diversion Význam & definícia

Význam diversion v slovenčine

• 0 a different route that is used because a road is closed:

  • Traffic diversions will be kept to a minimum throughout the festival.

  • the diversion of money to other projects

• 1 something that takes your attention away from something else:

  • Shoplifters often work in pairs, with one creating a diversion to distract the staff while the other steals the goods.

  • Reading is a pleasant diversion.

• 2 a system that allows someone to avoid having a permanent criminal record, or to avoid punishment as a criminal, if they complete a course of treatment or study:

  • Pretrial diversion is a program for certain first-time offenders to give them a chance to avoid being marked by a felony conviction for the rest of their lives.

  • The diversion program will remove a shoplifting incident from her daughter's record.

• 3 the act of causing something or someone to turn in a different direction, or to be used for a different purpose:

  • [ U ] A snowstorm closed the airport, and the diversion of air traffic was therefore necessary.

  • [ C ] diversions of money into other projects

• 4 an action that takes attention away from something, esp. one that gives pleasure or enjoyment:

  • This lawyer-bachelor devoted his life to the Senate, his only real diversion being baseball.

• 5 the act of using something in a different way from what was originally planned:

  • There has been a diversion of resources away from new infrastructure projects.

• 6 the act of selling goods in a market for which they were not intended, usually without the knowledge or permission of the original seller:

  • It is difficult for many states to prevent the diversion of arms to illicit markets.