afleiding — meaning in English
Dutch → English · translate English → Dutch instead
English meaning
- avocation noun A calling away; a diversion.
- decoy noun A person, object, or fake animal used to lure someone or something into a trap or into danger.
- deduction noun An amount subtracted from a total, such as from wages or taxable income.
- derivation noun A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
- derivative adj Copying or imitating someone else's work rather than being original.
- distraction noun Something that pulls your attention away from what you should be doing.
Senses
afleiding is used for these senses in English:
- avocation That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
- decoy A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- decoy A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
- derivation (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
- derivation (mathematics, calculus) The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.
- distraction Something that distracts.
avocation — full definition
- noun A calling away; a diversion.
- noun A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
- noun That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
- noun Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
decoy — full definition
- noun A person, object, or fake animal used to lure someone or something into a trap or into danger.
- verb To lure someone into danger or a trap through trickery.