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CEFR B2+ · Exam-skill vocabulary
distractor
/dɪˈstræktər/ 📚 Glossary - Exam Skill Terms (p.276)
English Illustration
Arabic Translation & Context
Synonyms & Antonyms
In a multiple-choice question, a distractor is one of the incorrect answer options designed to seem plausible but is not the correct answer.
Synonyms
foil
lure
trap (answer)
misleading option
Antonyms
correct answer
key (answer)
Translations
distractor in your language
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عربي
في سؤال الاختيار من متعدد، المشتت هو أحد خيارات الإجابة الخاطئة المصممة لتبدو معقولة ولكنها ليست الإجابة الصحيحة.
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اردو
کثیر انتخابی سوال میں، ایک ڈسٹریکٹر غلط جواب کے اختیارات میں سے ایک ہوتا ہے جو قابل فہم لگنے کے لیے ڈیزائن کیا گیا ہوتا ہے لیکن وہ صحیح جواب نہیں ہوتا۔
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हिंदी
बहुविकल्पीय प्रश्न में, एक डिस्ट्रेक्टर गलत उत्तर विकल्पों में से एक होता है जिसे प्रशंसनीय लगने के लिए डिज़ाइन किया जाता है लेकिन वह सही उत्तर नहीं होता।
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中文
在多项选择题中，干扰项是旨在看起来合理但并非正确答案的错误选项之一。
Easy Explanation
Plain English Breakdown
It's a wrong answer in a test. It looks like it could be right. But it's there to trick you.
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Memory TipA 'distractor' tries to 'distract' you from the right answer.
Contextual Examples
How to use in a sentence
In a multiple-choice test, a distractor (wrong answer) is an incorrect option that looks correct.
The teacher explained that a good distractor (incorrect choice) should be believable to students who don't know the answer.
Carefully read all the options; sometimes a distractor (false option) is very similar to the right answer.
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