disattend

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verb

To be distracted (from); used with to.

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Meanings

verbdisattend (third-person singular simple present disattends, present participle disattending, simple past and past participle disattended)

present singular third person disattends · participle present disattending · participle past disattended · past disattended

  1. To be distracted (from); used with to.

    More specifically, they learn to move towards, and quickly respond to, positive stimuli (e.g., portraits of happy faces) and disattend to, or shift attention away from, negative stimuli (e.g., mean faces, threatening animals).

    2015 July 1, Lieke A. M. W. Wijnhoven et al., “The effect of the video game Mindlight on anxiety symptoms in children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder”, in BMC Psychiatry, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From dis- + attend.

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Translations

Spanish desatender, desatencionar
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APA

disattend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disattend

MLA

“disattend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disattend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disattend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disattend.

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