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   avert

   /əˈvəːt/

   verb

   • 1. turn away (one's eyes or thoughts): "she averted her eyes while we made stilted conversation" Similar turn asideturn awayturn to one side
   • 2. prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence): "talks failed to avert a rail strike" Similar preventstopavoidnip in the budstave offhead offward offforestallpreclude

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘divert or deter someone from a place or a course of action’): from Latin avertere, from ab- ‘from’ + vertere ‘to turn’; reinforced by Old French avertir.

   Derivatives

   • 1. avertable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishAVERT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   AVERT definition: 1. to prevent something bad from happening: 2. to turn away your eyes or thoughts: 3. to prevent…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of AVERT is to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance. How to use avert in a sentence.

4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › avertAvert - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something.

5. www.thefreedictionary.com › avertAvert - definition of avert by The Free Dictionary

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   1. To turn away: avert one's eyes. 2. To keep from happening; prevent: averted an accident by turning sharply. See Synonyms at prevent. [Middle English averten, from Old French avertir, from Latin āvertere : ā-, ab-, away from; see ab-1 + vertere, to turn; see wer- in Indo-European roots .] a·vert′i·ble, a·vert′a·ble adj.

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   Avert definition: to turn away or aside. See examples of AVERT used in a sentence.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishavert verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   /əˈvɜːt/ /əˈvɜːrt/ (formal) Verb Forms. avert something to prevent something bad or dangerous from happening. A disaster was narrowly averted. He did his best to avert suspicion. Talks are taking place in an attempt to avert a strike. He managed to avert the closure of the factory. Topics Danger c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishAVERT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryAVERT - All you need to know about it - Collins Online Dictionary

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   Definitions of 'avert' 1. If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening. [...] 2. If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them. [...] More. Conjugations of 'avert' present simple: I avert, you avert [...] past simple: I averted, you averted [...] past participle: averted. More.

10. www.yourdictionary.com › avertAvert Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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    To keep from happening; ward off; prevent. He apologized in order to avert trouble. Webster's New World. To turn aside or away. To avert the eyes from an object. Wiktionary. To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of. How can the danger be averted? Wiktionary. More Verb Definitions (2) Synonyms: fend-off. head off. obviate. forfend.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryAVERT | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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    AVERT meaning: 1. to prevent something bad from happening 2. to turn your head away so that you do not see…. Learn more.