distractor

dɪˈstræktər

Definition

Definition of distractor - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

attention

Rare

something that takes attention away from what is important

Rare

The noise outside was a major distractor during the test.

distraction

diversion

testing

TECH.

wrong answer in a multiple-choice question

TECH.

Each distractor in the quiz was carefully chosen to confuse students.

decoy

red herring

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Origin of distractor

Latin, dis- (apart) + trahere (to draw)

Examples of distractor in a sentence

His phone was a constant distractor during meetings.
The test included several distractors to challenge the students.
She accidentally chose a distractor instead of the correct answer.

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French:élément perturbateur, fausse option, ...
German:Störfaktor, Ablenker, ...
Italian:distrazione, distrattore, ...
Spanish:distractor, respuesta distractora, ...
Portuguese:distração, alternativa errada, ...
Chinese:干扰物, 干扰项, ...
Japanese:注意散漫の原因, ひっかけ選択肢, ...
Arabic:مُشتِّت, خِيَار مُضِلِّل, ...
Hebrew:מַסִיחַ דַּעַת, מַסִּיחַ, ...
Russian:отвлекающий фактор, отвлекающий вариант, ...
Ukrainian:відволікаючий фактор, відволікаючий варіант, ...
Hindi:विक्षेपक, विकर्षक, ...
Bengali:মনোযোগ বিভ্রান্তকারী, ডিস্ট্র্যাক্টর, ...
Catalan:distractor, opció errònia, ...
Czech:rušivý prvek, distraktor, ...
Danish:forstyrrelse, fejlsvar, ...
Dutch:afleider, fout antwoord, ...
Greek:παράγοντας απόσπασης, παραπλανητική απάντηση, ...
Hungarian:figyelemelterelő tényező, figyelemelterelő válaszlehetőség, ...
Khmer:អ្វីដែលរំខានការផ្តោតអារម្មណ៍, ជម្រើសបន្លំ, ...
Korean:방해 요소, 오답지, ...
Persian:حواس‌پرت‌کن, گزینه گمراه‌کننده, ...
Polish:rozpraszacz, distraktor, ...
Portuguese (BR):distrator, alternativa errada, ...
Romanian:factor de distragere, distractor, ...
Swedish:störningsfaktor, felsvar, ...
Thai:ตัวรบกวนสมาธิ, ตัวลวง, ...
Turkish:dikkat dağıtıcı, yanıltıcı seçenek, ...
Vietnamese:yếu tố gây xao nhãng, đáp án gây nhiễu, ...

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