Used in a Sentence

diverted

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for diverted.

Editorial note

Most of the water is captured in reservoirs and diverted to agriculture.

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Quick take

that has been subject to diversion

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of diverted gathered in one view.

adjective

that has been subject to diversion

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for diverted.

Example sentences

1

Most of the water is captured in reservoirs and diverted to agriculture.

2

But they have been diverted elsewhere, so the lake is drying up.

3

This is also bad, since rather than expanding a productive business cash is diverted to creating unnecessary liquidity.

4

Well at least he diverted him away from dinosaurs, otherwise Jurassic Park might have been a documentary!

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Specificity: How often does the early contact result in a less intense, on-site, or diverted response?

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It should be captured and treated and stored, diverted into marshes and other wetland areas.

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US Federal Agents extorted Ross Ulbrict and diverted seized funds to personal accounts[4] 2.

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If you're paying attention to the environment, what is your attention being diverted from?

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The income of people has diverted more and more in the last decades.

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Talented people are being diverted into masturbatory philosophizing rather than building the future.

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We have diverted from GitFlow in only one way, we create all feature/release/bugfix branches from 'master' and not 'develop'.

12

Later bugs diverted some of the AC mains power from the typewriter.

Quote examples

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They're called, "Reservoirs": Consider the Colorado River, where rain and snow runoff from mountains is diverted from that river and used for such things as agriculture.

2

When they try, the conversation will be hijacked and diverted to "When will you ban subreddit X?" Once the door for this kind of thing is open this wide, it's all they're going to be able to talk about, for years.

3

Turns out that the target for the second bomb was Kokura, and they did three bomb runs over it, but they then diverted to Nagasaki.[1] Reading the report - with the rationale for each of those other targets - and then the story of the Kokura raid (which ended up hitting Nagasaki) makes it very dramatically obvious how "contingent" everthing is.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use diverted in a sentence?

Most of the water is captured in reservoirs and diverted to agriculture.

What does diverted mean?

that has been subject to diversion

What part of speech is diverted?

diverted is commonly used as adjective.