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Hiking is something that I really, really like to do. It's distracting, you're in nature, and you get a nice workout that way. I would tell everyone to hike as much as they can - you just feel so much better when you get outdoors. I'm also into yoga.
Odette Annable

Meaning of "distracting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISTRACTING

distracting  [dɪsˈtræktɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISTRACTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Distracting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISTRACTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

distracting

Distraction

Distraction is the divided attention of an individual or group from the chosen object of attention onto the source of distraction. Distraction is caused by: the lack of ability to pay attention; lack of interest in the object of attention; or the great intensity, novelty or attractiveness of something other than the object of attention. Distractions come from both external sources, and internal sources.

Definition of distracting in the English dictionary

The definition of distracting in the dictionary is serving to distract; taking away your attention.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISTRACTING


acting
ˈæktɪŋ
affecting
əˈfɛktɪŋ
collecting
kəˈlektɪŋ
conflicting
kənˈflɪktɪŋ
connecting
kəˈnɛktɪŋ
exacting
ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ
expecting
ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ
fast-acting
ˈfɑːstˌæktɪŋ
nonacting
ˌnɒnˈæktɪŋ
noninteracting
ˌnɒnɪntəˈræktɪŋ
play-acting
ˌpleɪˈæktɪŋ
projecting
prəˈdʒɛktɪŋ
quick-acting
ˈkwɪkˌæktɪŋ
refracting
rɪˈfræktɪŋ
respecting
rɪˈspɛktɪŋ
slow-acting
ˌsləʊˈæktɪŋ
straight-acting
ˈstreɪtˌæktɪŋ
subcontracting
ˌsʌbkɒnˈtræktɪŋ
undistracting
ˌʌndɪsˈtræktɪŋ
unexacting
ˌʌnɪɡˈzæktɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISTRACTING

distract
distractable
distracted
distractedly
distractedness
distracter
distractibility
distractible
distractingly
distraction
distractive
distractor
distrail
distrain
distrainable
distrainee
distrainer
distrainment
distrainor
distraint

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISTRACTING

accounting
afflicting
bioprospecting
constricting
double-acting
heat-conducting
intermediate-acting
long-acting
method acting
nonconducting
prospecting
redistricting
self-acting
self-correcting
self-respecting
semiconducting
short-acting
single-acting
stamp collecting
superconducting
tax-collecting

Synonyms and antonyms of distracting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISTRACTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «distracting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of distracting

Translation of «distracting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISTRACTING

Find out the translation of distracting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of distracting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «distracting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使人分心的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

que distrae
570 millions of speakers

English

distracting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ध्यान भंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تشتيت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отвлекает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

que distrai
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

distractible
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gênant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mudah difahami
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

störend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気を散らせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정신을 산만하게 만드는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Distractible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mất tập trung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

distractible
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अव्यवहार्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayartılabilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deconcentrante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozpraszać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відволікає
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

distrage atenția
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διασπούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steurende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

distraherande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

distraherende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of distracting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTRACTING»

The term «distracting» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.637 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTRACTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about distracting

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10 QUOTES WITH «DISTRACTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word distracting.
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Odette Annable
Hiking is something that I really, really like to do. It's distracting, you're in nature, and you get a nice workout that way. I would tell everyone to hike as much as they can - you just feel so much better when you get outdoors. I'm also into yoga.
2
Anne Baxter
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
3
Eve Best
I don't read reviews. I find them very distracting, whether they're good or bad.
4
Herbert Croly
Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distracting individualistic conception of democracy, and its merely legal conception of nationality. It was because the followers of Jackson and Douglas did fight for it, that the Union was preserved.
5
David Cronenberg
But with my last film, Spider it was agony. The money was always disappearing, nobody got paid, it was very difficult - and it's very distracting from the process of making the movie, of course. So I think things have been getting harder and harder.
6
Mike DeWine
I find it personally distracting when kids are constantly texting, but they can be texting something that is just benign and just fine.
7
Peter Dinklage
When people are infected by my charm, they don't see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting.
8
Marilu Henner
Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion.
9
John Hodgman
For a long time, I would write without music, because I thought it was distracting until I appreciated that it actually unlocks a certain unconscious productivity vault in my mind.
10
Kim Hunter
I think it's because it was an emotional story, and emotions come through much stronger in black and white. Colour is distracting in a way, it pleases the eye but it doesn't necessarily reach the heart.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTRACTING»

Discover the use of distracting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to distracting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World
Author Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of your life and allow prayer—even poorly delivered—to fill the gaps with meaning and substance.
Paul E. Miller, 2014
2
Distracting the Duchess
In Victorian England, a widowed duchess and aspiring artist becomes embroiled in an international intrigue when the man she thinks is her latest nude model turns out to be a spy for Queen Victoria.
Emily Bryan, 2011
3
Strategies that Work: Teaching Comprehension for ...
we are going to teach our kids to make connections as they read, we must teach them about a type of connection that we have come to call the distracting connection. Distracting connections actually cause our minds to wander from the text ...
Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis, 2007
4
The Distracting Splat at the Eiffel
In the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, an assassin's bullet strikes James Styles just two weeks before the Democratic Party names his spouse Vice President Harriet Styles its candidate for the Presidency.
Robert Skidmore, 2003
5
Community Health Education Methods: A Practical Guide
Table 8-2 Strategies for Overcoming Common Distracting Mannerisms Mannerism Strategy for Overcoming Nuisance word When ending a thought or sentence, be sure to close your mouth and avoid uttering sounds. Practice speaking short ...
Robert Bensley, Jodi Brookins-Fisher, 2009
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Distracting Dad
Terry Essig. Dear Reader, The summer after my thirteenth birthday, I read my older sister's dog eared copy of Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and I was hooked. Thousandsof romance novels later—I won't say how many ...
Terry Essig, 2014
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Distracting: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Use in Literature CarlesThe false Juanito, day and night, Had best with caution go, The Gypsy carles of Yeira height Have sworn to lay him low.ndash;George Borrow in Zincali, Gypsies of Spain.The auld carles kecklet with fainness as they ...
‎2008
8
It's Do-Able!: Power to Unleash Your Dream
It's your attention that gives the thoughts life and sustains their distracting power! You can't avoid them.You can't fight them. So what can you do? There are two key strategies for breaking free from distracting thoughts: Pay attention to when the ...
Canaan Mashonganyika, 2013
9
Driver Distraction: Theory, Effects, and Mitigation
In this study, the population-attributable risk percentage described the percentage of all crashes and near-crashes occurring in the population that were attributable to secondary task distraction and certain distracting activities of interest.
Kristie Young, John D. Lee, Michael A. Regan, 2008
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The Conflict Pattern Revealed
Distracting is when a person suddenly changes the subject right in the middle of talking about something important. The new subject is usually a non-relevant, but 'urgent' topic. It can be presented as if it's an emergency that needs to be ...
Faith Deeter, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTRACTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term distracting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baltimore Mayor Fires Police Commissioner
“Recent events have placed an intense focus on our police leadership distracting many from what needs to be our main focus: the fight against ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
2
Everything Science Knows About Reading On Screens
Another study by Rakefet Ackerman Technion-Israel Institute of Technology also supports the idea that paper is sometimes less distracting than ... «Co.Design, Jul 15»
3
K-Pop's 2015 Solo Debuts (So Far): Ranked
... from the vocalist. While the video is intriguing, it's a bit distracting overall and begins to feel like the song is being dragged on too long. «Billboard, Jul 15»
4
Productivity startup aims to make the Internet less distracting
At any given moment there are thousands of videos, Facebook posts, tweet-storms and memes to keep you from getting work done. But Saent ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
5
Idiot Shoots Two People While Distracting Beer Pong Opponent …
A Chicago man was arrested after the weapon he was using to throw off his beer pong opponent accidentally went off. According to DNAinfo ... «Elite Daily, Jul 15»
6
From a rude Christ to the 'distracting' Gateshead Angel - other art …
From the now much-loved Gateshead angel to an offensive statue of Jesus Christ, public art has the potential to cause controversy. It may be ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
7
Disability payments on hold after woman's bank account grows too …
Jennifer James is severely autistic and wears headphones to block distracting sound. Her sister, Caroline, centre, served as Jennifer's ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
8
Arrivabene concerned speculation is distracting Kimi
Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene has called for an end to speculation about Kimi Raikkonen's future because he is concerned it is distracting his driver. «ESPN, Jul 15»
9
Wimbledon 2Day set AXED and moved above Centre Court minus …
The move means there is no room for the “distracting” audience which viewers claimed made the show more like Top Gear. A BBC source said ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
10
California Catholic School Forces 5-Year-Old To Shave “Distracting
A kindergartner from California was made to switch schools and leave his friends after administrators told his parents his “modern fade” was ... «Michronicleonline, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Distracting [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/distracting>. May 2024 ».
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