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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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AVERT definition: 1. to prevent something bad from happening: 2. to turn away your eyes or thoughts: 3. to prevent…. Learn more.
1. : to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance. I found the sight so grotesque that I had to avert my eyes … John Gregory Dunne. 2. : 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.
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 avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something.
Avert definition: to turn away or aside. See examples of AVERT used in a sentence.
/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.
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 ]
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.
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.
Definition of avert – Learner’s Dictionary. avert. verb. uk / əˈvɜːt / us. avert a crisis/disaster/war, etc. Add to word list. to prevent something bad from happening. avert your eyes/face/gaze. to turn your head away so that you do not see something. (Definition of avert from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
