Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To turn away.
- transitive verb To keep from happening; prevent: synonym: prevent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To turn away; turn or cause to turn off or away: as, to
avert the eyes from an object: now seldom with a personal object. - To give a turn or direction to; direct.
- To ward off; prevent the occurrence or happening of (evil or something threatened).
- To oppose; view with aversion.
- To turn away.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Archaic To turn away.
- transitive verb To turn aside, or away; ; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; “To
avert his ire.”
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
turn aside oraway . - verb transitive To
ward off , orprevent , the occurrence or effects of. - verb intransitive, archaic To turn away.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
- verb turn away or aside
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The list of mistakes they tried to avert is familiar, but it bears repeating because of the fresh opportunity to learn from it.
Getting Out Right 2005
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The list of mistakes they tried to avert is familiar, but it bears repeating because of the fresh opportunity to learn from it.
Getting Out Right 2005
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May Heaven avert from the Roman republic this national disgrace, which would provoke the patience of the slaves of Persia!
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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And with the country's fledgling security forces still unable to reign them in, if the militias decide that enough is enough, experts believe civil war would be near impossible to avert, that is, if it hasn't already begun.
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Quick calls avert more trauma if wallet or cellphone stolen photo - purchased by JS on 6/8/2009 for one-time publication as the
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A cross atop city hall violates the Establishment Clause even if people remember to avert their eyes.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner has admitted that a national health care program could have helped the auto industry avert financial disaster.
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In order to better avert the threat of swine flu epidemics like the one currently spreading around the globe, public health efforts must address the conditions that allow pigs to become breeding grounds for infectious disease.
Wonk Room » Flu Farms: Decreasing Factory Farming Could Help Avert the Next Swine Flu Epidemic 2009
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If only more had listened to H.G. Wells when in the 1930s he accurately predicted many of the horrors of what would become WWII. “1984” stood as a warning to all of us, and I would maintain might have helped to avert, at least in part, the threat of “Big Brother.”
Wonk Room » Gingrich Pushes Suspense Thriller-Based Foreign Policy 2009
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In order to better avert the threat of swine flu epidemics like the one currently spreading around the globe, public health efforts must address the conditions that allow pigs to become breeding grounds for infectious disease.
Wonk Room 2009
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