how to pronounce distracted

/dɪsˈtɹæktəd/

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distracted is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of distracted in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… getting distracted by Twitter it's about …”

meanings of distracted

adjective:

Having one's attention diverted; preoccupied.
Distraught.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of distract.

distracted frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word distracted occurs in english on average 13.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics distracted can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that distracted can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;