avert
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avert
- /əˈvɝt/ US
- /əˈvɜːt/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).
verb averts · averting · averted
- To turn aside or away. I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
- To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of. How can the danger be averted?
- To turn away. Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.
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