divert
verb (used with object)
to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
diverted
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past participleof divert.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof divert.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
divertverb (used with object)to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
Example Sentences
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A tree that wasn’t board-feet of lumber was a waste, a landscape that wasn’t plowed was a waste, a river that wasn’t diverted to irrigate was a waste.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Hundreds of flights were cancelled or diverted because of the storms across northern Europe.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Employee theft does not always involve money being diverted to an employee's phone.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
It heard investment could be diverted to Great Britain, Ireland and other European markets where existing factors were seen as more certain.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
I wasn’t above being a big, fat imposter if it diverted attention away from a potential drenching with the world’s foulest substance.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
