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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.
/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. Join us.
Avert definition: to turn away or aside. See examples of AVERT used in a sentence.
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.
To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something.
If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them.
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.
AVERT definition: 1. to prevent something bad from happening 2. to turn your head away so that you do not see…. Learn more.
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense averts, present participle averting, past tense, past participle averted. 1. transitive verb. If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike.
Verb. Filter. verb. averted, averting, averts. To turn away. To avert one's glance from an ugly sight. Webster's New World. To keep from happening; prevent. Averted an accident by turning sharply. American Heritage. To keep from happening; ward off; prevent. He apologized in order to avert trouble. Webster's New World. To turn aside or away.
