Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with divert in American Collocation
divert
verb
transitive
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/dɪˈvɜrt/
money
cash
funding
funds
investment
money
resources
revenue
wealth
Why are they planning to divert resources away from schools and hospitals?
effort
effort
energy
These targets could divert effort from solving immediate problems.
thoughts or attention
attention
focus
mind
thoughts
The phone rang, diverting my thoughts from the essay I was writing.