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Diverting

Definition: Diverting

Diverting

Adjective

1. Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"; "a fun thing to do".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "diverting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)


Synonyms: Diverting

Synonyms: amusing (adj), amusive (adj), fun(a) (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Diverting

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Amusement

Adjective: amusing, entertaining, diverting; Verb: recreational, recreative, lusory; pleasant; (pleasing); laughable; (ludicrous); witty; fun, festive, festal; jovial, jolly, jocund, roguish, rompish; playful, playful as a kitten; sportive, ludibrious.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Diverting

English words defined with "diverting": amusing, amusiveDivertiveentertainingfunRecreative. (references)
Specialty definitions using "diverting": Acreage diversion programsBickerstaff, by-pass valveconverged beam, creek rightdiversion dam, diversion weirfly gatehot gas by-pass regulatorinductive shuntking's vanesplow deflectorRAW SAMPLER, reverser eyelidsample carrier, shunt valve, silt vanes, stream capture, switch pointthrust terminator. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Diverting

DomainTitle

Books

  • Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits (reference)

  • Diverting devotion : a play (reference)

  • Diverting The Buddha (reference)

  • Eat More Dirt: Diverting and Instructive Tips for Growing and Tending an Organic Garden (reference)

  • Lost chords; the diverting story of American popular songs (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Diverting

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The criminal justice system refers drug offenders into treatment through a variety of mechanisms, such as diverting nonviolent offenders to treatment, stipulating treatment as a condition of probation or pretrial release, and convening specialized courts that handle cases for offenses involving drugs. (references)

Civil Liberties

Slovak Republic

The practice of diverting money from the older, then pro-opposition, universities largely has been reversed. (references)

Economic History

Georgia

The Head of the country's Humanitarian Aid organization was also charged with diverting funds. (references)

Nepal

In order to increase the capacity of the Tamur scheme, the feasibility of diverting water from the Mewa Khola to the forebay of the Tamur scheme is being investigated. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Diverting

"Diverting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.66% of the time. "Diverting" is used about 131 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)94.66%12428,785
Adjective (general or positive)3.82%5157,705
Noun (singular)1.53%2245,945
                    Total100.00%131N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Diverting

Expressions using "diverting": diverting prism diverting valve sediment diverting galleries. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "diverting": attention-diverting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Diverting

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

diverting

3

diverting thermal

2

agent diverting

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Diverting

Language Translations for "diverting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

devijues (devious), zbavitës (amusing, entertaining, escapist, full of beans, funny, light), shmangës, argëtues (amusing, frolic, humorous, jocose, recreative, rollicking, voluptuous). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مسلي (amusement, amusing, beguiler, entertaining, pleasant, refreshing, sidesplitting). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

забавен (amusing, comic, comical, delayed, entertaining, funny, interesting, laughable, merry, recreational, recreative, sportful). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

牵制 (Diversion, Divert, Diverted). (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozmanitý (diverse, miscellaneous, multifarious, sundry, various). (various references)

   

Danish

  

vekselklap (diverting valve, tip plate butterfly valve), sedimentafledende afsatser (sediment diverting galleries, sediment intercepting galleries), lukning af en boring boer ske ved at man standser pumpen,loefter rotationsroeret op og lukker den ringformede pakningsventil og saaledes leder stroemmen gennem et reduktionsventilarrangement,hvorefter flowline ventilen lukkes og helt afbryder stroemmen fr (after which the flowline valve is closed to completely cut off flow from the well, raising the kelly and closing the annular preventer, shutting in the well should consist of closing down the pump, thus diverting the flow through the choke manifold), afbøjningsprisme (diverting prism). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stortklep (diverting valve, tip plate butterfly valve), omloopmolen voor zand-en slibafvoer (sediment diverting galleries, sediment intercepting galleries), omleggingsmiddel (diverting agent), het insluiten van de put dient te geschieden door de pomp stop te zetten,de meeneemstang op te trekken en de afsluiter van de ringruimte dicht te draaien,zodat de stroom via het smoorverdeelstuk wordt omgeleid;hierna wordt de afsluiter op de spuitleiding (after which the flowline valve is closed to completely cut off flow from the well, raising the kelly and closing the annular preventer, shutting in the well should consist of closing down the pump, thus diverting the flow through the choke manifold). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lietettä poisjohtava tunneli (sediment diverting galleries, sediment intercepting galleries), lietettä poisjohtava kanava (sediment diverting galleries, sediment intercepting galleries). (various references)

   

French

  

prisme de déviation (diverting prism), papillon (diverting valve), la fermeture du puits devra comporter l'arrêt de la pompe de forage,la remontée de la tige d'entraînement et la fermeture de l'obturateur annulaire,afin de diriger le débit au travers du manifold de duses;après quoi,la vanne sur la conduite de sortie (thus diverting the flow through the choke manifold), galeries d'interception des sédiments (sediment diverting galleries), agent de déviation (diverting agent). (various references)

   

German

  

ablenkend (deflecting, distracting, distractive). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σήραγγες ανασχέσεως προσχώσεων (sediment diverting galleries, sediment intercepting galleries), στραγγαλιστική βαλβίδα (diverting valve, tip plate butterfly valve), μέσο εκτροπής (diverting agent), πρίσμα απόκλισης (diverting prism), το κλείσιμο του πηγαδιού θα πρέπει να περιλαμβάνει τη διακοπή της λειτουργίας της αντλίας γεωτρήσεως,το ανέβασμα της ατράκτου της δακτυλι (thus diverting the flow through the choke manifold), δικλείδα εκτροπής (diverting valve, tip plate butterfly valve). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szórakoztató (amusing, cabaret, entertainer, entertaining, funny, rich), szórakoztatás (amusement, distraction, diversion, entertainment), mulattató (amusing), mulattatás (amusement, entertainment), elvezetés (diversion, eduction), elterelés (deflection, distraction, diversion), eltérítés (avocation, diversion). (various references)

   

Italian

  

valvola a farfalla (throttle), sghiaiatore sul fronte di presa (sediment diverting galleries, sediment intercepting galleries), reattivo gelatinizzante (diverting agent), prisma a riflessione (diverting prism). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

기분 환 (Diversion). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivertingday

   

Portuguese

  

divertido (amused, amusing, canty, droll, enjoyable, entertaining, frolicsome, funny, gamy, gay, hilarious, jolly, larksome, laughable, merry, mirthful, playful, screaming, sportful, sportive, waggish), desviado (devious, roundabout), alegre (alive, blithe, blithesome, bonny, boon, breezy, brisk, buoyant, buxom, canty, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, coltish, convivial, corky, entertaining, exhilarated, festal, festive, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, holiday, jaunty, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, larksome, laughing, light, light-hearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, peart, resilient, slaphappy, sportful, sportive, sprightly, tipsy, vivid, volatile, winsome). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

distractiv (amusing, entertaining, funny, jocular), amuzant (amusing, as good as a play, droll, entertaining, funny, jocular, laughable, light, quaint). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

развлекающий (recreative). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

aisteach (a diverting fellow). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zanimljiv (amusing, interesting), zabavan (amusing, comical, droll, entertaining, recreative, sportful, sportive). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

divertido (amused, amusing, comic, comical, distrait, droll, enchanting, enjoyable, entertaining, funny, jolly, merry). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sedimentavledande tunnelgalleri (sediment diverting galleries, sediment intercepting galleries), avledningsmedel (diverting agent). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ที่ทำให้หันเห, ซึ่งทำให้เพลิ"เพลิน. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

oyalayıcı (dilatory, diversionary, kill time), eğlendirici (entertaining, fun, funny, hilarious, recreative). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розважальний (entertaining, recreative, sportful, sportive), забавний (amusing, humorous, humous). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vui (amusing, merrily, merry, mirthful, pleasant), tiêu khiển; hay, thú vị (delectable, enjoyable, entertaining, merry, nicely, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pretty, rorty), giải trí (entertaining, recreative). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

difyrrus (amusing), difyr (amusing, pleasant), diddan (amusing, pleasant). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Diverting

Misspellings

"Diverting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dipertuan, diverti. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Diverting"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "diverting" (pronounced dīver"ting or diver"ting)
5-v er" t i ngaverting, converting, perverting, reverting, subverting.
4-er" t i ngalerting, asserting, disconcerting, exerting, flirting, hurting, inserting, reasserting, skirting, spurting, squirting.
3-t i ngabating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, squatting, squinting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.
6-i v er" t i ngreverting.
5-v er" t i ngaverting, converting, perverting, subverting.
4-er" t i ngalerting, asserting, disconcerting, exerting, flirting, hurting, inserting, reasserting, skirting, spurting, squirting.
3-t i ngabating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, squatting, squinting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Diverting

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-i-n-r-t-v"

-1 letter: deriving, riveting.

-2 letters: dieting, dingier, diviner, driving, editing, eviting, ignited, igniter, inditer, invited, inviter, nitride, reiving, tiering, vitrine.

-3 letters: dieing, dinger, divert, divine, diving, driven, engird, engirt, girned, girted, grivet, ignite, indite, invert, invite, nidget, nitrid, reding, rident, riding, ringed, riving, tidier, tiding, tieing, tinder, tineid, tinged, tinier, tiring, trined, verdin, vinier, virgin.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-g-i-i-n-r-t-v"
 

+2 letters: advertising, advertizing, denigrative, invigorated, overediting.

 

+3 letters: advertisings, derivatizing, devitrifying, overstriding, revalidating.

 

+4 letters: animadverting, outdelivering, overdirecting, reinvigorated.

 

+5 letters: disintegrative, overmedicating, redintegrative, reinvestigated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Diverting


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 69 76 65 72 74 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..    ...-    .    .-.    -    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01101001 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#114 &#116 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0069 0076 0065 0072 0074 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

387588718486758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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