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- Dictionaryavert/əˈvəːt/
verb
- 1. turn away (one's eyes or thoughts): "she averted her eyes while we made stilted conversation" Similar
- 2. prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence): "talks failed to avert a rail strike" Similar
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AVERTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of avert 2. to prevent something bad from happening: 3. to turn…. Learn more.
to prevent something bad from happening; avoid: The last-minute agreement averted renewed fighting. avert verb [T] (TURN AWAY) to turn away your eyes or thoughts: The shy man was standing before me, his eyes averted. (Definition of avert from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) avert | Business English.
: to see coming and ward off : avoid. avert disaster. Synonyms. forestall. head off. help. obviate. preclude. prevent. stave off. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of avert in a Sentence. He sped up and averted an accident. The diplomatic talks narrowly averted a war. an attempt to avert a strike at the plant.
Averted definition: turned away or aside. See examples of AVERTED used in a sentence.
Definitions of avert. verb. turn away or aside. “They averted their eyes when the King entered” synonyms: turn away. see more. verb. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. “ avert a strike” synonyms: avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.
avert. (əvɜːʳt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense 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.
avert. verb. /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.
1 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.
Define averted. averted synonyms, averted pronunciation, averted translation, English dictionary definition of averted. tr.v. a·vert·ed , a·vert·ing , a·verts 1. To turn away: avert one's eyes. 2. To keep from happening; prevent: averted an accident by turning sharply.
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.
