divert meaning
EN
[daɪˈvɜːt] [-ɜː(r)t] 
US - VerbSGdivertsPRdivertingPT, PPdiverted
- (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
- The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
- (transitive) To distract.
- Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
- (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention).
- (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.
- I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. — Evelyn.
- (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. — Evelyn.
- Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
- The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of divert in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "divert" is a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.