afleiding — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avocation noun Something that pulls your attention away from your main task.
- 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 The channeling of water away from a river or other 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 Something that pulls your attention away from your main task.
- noun An activity you do for enjoyment, separate from your main job.
- noun Something that distracts you from your usual job or duties.
- noun The regular tasks and activities that take up someone's time.
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.
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