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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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   What does avert mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! 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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   What is the meaning of the word averted?

   • 1. 2. 1. ward off, avoid, prevent, frustrate, fend off, preclude, stave off, forestall A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday. 2. turn away, turn, turn aside He kept his eyes averted.

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   What does avert your eyes mean?

   • If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them. He avoids any eye contact, quickly averting his gaze when anyone approaches. [VERB noun] He kept his eyes averted. [VERB-ed] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What does it mean if you avert something unpleasant?

   • If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike. [VERB noun] A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday. If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them.

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   • Avert Spanish Translation

     AVERT translate: evitar, conjurar, apartar, desviar,...

   • Avert: Polish Translation

     AVERT translate: odwracać, nie dopuszczać do. Learn more in...

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     avert translate: abwenden, abwenden. Learn more in the...

   • Vietnamese Translation

     AVERT translate: ngoảnh đi, ngăn ngừa. Learn more in the...

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     AVERT translate: evitar, desviar, desviar, evitar. Learn...

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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.

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   1. to turn away or aside: to avert one's gaze. 2. to ward off; prevent from occurring: to avert danger. [C15: from Old French avertir, from Latin āvertere; see averse] aˈvertible, aˈvertable adj.

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   1. verb. If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike. [VERB noun] A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday. Synonyms: ward off, avoid, prevent, frustrate More Synonyms of avert. 2. verb.

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