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avert

(əvɜːʳt)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense averts, present participle averting, past tense, past participle averted
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
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]
[Also VERB noun from noun]
Synonyms: turn away, turn, turn aside More Synonyms of avert

avert in British English

(əˈvɜːt)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to turn away or aside
to avert one's gaze
2. 
to ward off; prevent from occurring
to avert danger
Derived forms
avertible (aˈvertible) or avertable (aˈvertable)
adjective
Word origin
C15: from Old French avertir, from Latin āvertere; see averse

avert in American English

(əˈvɜrt)
verb transitive
1. 
to turn away
to avert one's glance from an ugly sight
2. 
to keep from happening; ward off; prevent
he apologized in order to avert trouble
SIMILAR WORDS:  preˈvent
Word origin
L avertere, to turn away < a- (ab-), from + vertere, to turn: see verse

Examples of 'avert' in a sentence
avert

Sully also has an advantage since it tells the tale of disaster averted.
The Sun (2016)
Investigators said only luck averted disaster each time.
The Sun (2016)
Efforts are under way to avert a disaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Talks to avert the strike collapsed at the weekend.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He appeared to address a combustible stand-off from which most of the world is only too happy to avert its eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Now I just avert my gaze.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some narrowly averted discrimination in health and life insurance.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Steel could bear to look no longer and averted his eyes.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
What can be done to avert this disaster?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It was enough to help avert the danger.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He averted his gaze and picked up his glass.
various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990 (1990)
Talks to avert a strike by fuel tanker drivers are set to go into a second week.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But that may not avert another tragedy either.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is better regarded as a medical disaster narrowly averted.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Ministers were faced with a choice of disasters to avert.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is hard to convince people of danger when that danger has been averted.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But why did she feel that she had to avert her gaze?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Talks aimed at averting fresh postal strikes were adjourned last night and resume today.
The Sun (2009)
Disaster was narrowly averted and a measure of farce was injected.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
Learn the lessons so that we avert disaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Last night unions and bosses were still in talks to avert a tanker strike.
The Sun (2012)
 Disaster was averted when baggage handlers noticed a smell from the case.
The Sun (2010)
The gardener roared nearby on his machine, eyes rigidly averted.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
Some hoot when they realise; others avert their eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This was followed by an ignominious foray in inflatable boats, where again only a miracle averted tragedy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On this table stood the empty bottle and glass, and from these also he averted his eyes.
Edith Wharton The House of Mirth (1905)
Has emerged as a real defensive leader over the past 12 months and his calmness under pressure often averted danger.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
avert

British English: avert VERB
If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
They need to act quickly to avert disaster.
  • American English: avert
  • Brazilian Portuguese: prevenir
  • Chinese: 防止
  • European Spanish: prevenir
  • French: éviter
  • German: abwenden
  • Italian: evitare
  • Japanese: 避ける
  • Korean: 막다
  • European Portuguese: prevenir
  • Latin American Spanish: prevenir

Chinese translation of 'avert'

avert

(əˈvəːt)

vt

  1. (= prevent) [accident, war] 避免 (bìmiǎn)
  2. (= turn away)
    to avert one's eyes/gaze from sth 将(將)目光/注视(視)从(從)某物上移开(開) (jiāng mùguāng/zhùshì cóng mǒuwù shang yíkāi)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to ward off
A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
Synonyms
ward off
avoid
She had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.
prevent
We took steps to prevent it happening.
These methods prevent pregnancy.
frustrate
The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts.
fend off
preclude
The fact that they live in London precludes them from coming.
stave off
a desperate attempt to stave off defeat
forestall
They had done little to forestall the attack.
deflect
His forearm deflected most of the punch.
2 (verb) 
Definition
to turn away
He kept his eyes averted.
Synonyms
turn away
turn
turn aside

Additional synonyms

in the sense of avoid
Definition
to prevent from happening
She had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.
Synonyms
prevent,
stop,
frustrate,
hamper,
foil,
inhibit,
head off,
avert,
thwart,
intercept,
hinder,
obstruct,
impede,
ward off,
stave off,
forestall,
defend against
in the sense of deflect
Definition
to turn or cause to turn aside from a course
His forearm deflected most of the punch.
Synonyms
turn aside,
turn,
avert,
bend,
twist,
sidetrack
in the sense of forestall
Definition
to delay, stop, or guard against beforehand
They had done little to forestall the attack.
Synonyms
prevent,
stop,
frustrate,
anticipate,
head off,
parry,
thwart,
intercept,
hinder,
preclude,
balk,
circumvent,
obviate (formal),
nip in the bud,
provide against

Synonyms of 'avert'

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