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English
Etymology
From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, present active infinitive of āvertō, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
Verb
avert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted)
- (transitive) To turn aside or away.
I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Unity in Religion”, in The Essayes , 3rd edition, London: Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.
- (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
- Synonym: forestall
How can the danger be averted?
1700, Matthew Prior, Carmen Seculare. for the Year 1700:Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.
- (intransitive, archaic) To turn away.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to ward off
- Bulgarian: отблъсквам (bg) (otblǎskvam), отбивам (bg) (otbivam)
- Czech: odvrátit, odvrátit pf, zabránit (cs) pf, předejít (cs) pf
- Dutch: voorkomen (nl), verhinderen (nl)
- Finnish: estää (fi), ehkäistä (fi)
- French: prévenir (fr)
- German: abwenden (de), verhindern (de)
- Greek: αποτρέπω (el) (apotrépo), αποσοβώ (el) (aposovó)
- Hungarian: elhárít (hu), elkerül (hu), kivéd (hu), megakadályoz (hu)
- Icelandic: afstýra, koma í veg fyrir
- Italian: evitare (it)
- Korean: 방지하다 (ko) (bangjihada)
- Macedonian: спре́чи (spréči), о́дврати (ódvrati), и́збегне (ízbegne), о́дбегне (ódbegne), о́дбие (ódbie)
- Malayalam: ഒഴിവാക്കുക (ml) (oḻivākkuka), അകറ്റുക (ml) (akaṟṟuka)
- Maori: wawao, araarai, ārai, parepare, papare, pare
- Russian: отража́ть (ru) impf (otražátʹ), отрази́ть (ru) pf (otrazítʹ), отбива́ть (ru) impf (otbivátʹ), отби́ть (ru) pf (otbítʹ), пари́ровать (ru) impf or pf (parírovatʹ), (to prevent) отвраща́ть (ru) impf (otvraščátʹ), отврати́ть (ru) pf (otvratítʹ), предотвраща́ть (ru) impf (predotvraščátʹ), предотврати́ть (ru) pf (predotvratítʹ)
- Spanish: evitar (es)
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References
- “avert”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to aperto, from Latin apertus. Compare French ouvert.
Adjective
avert
- open (not closed)
Romansch
Alternative forms
- aviert (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter)
Etymology
From Latin apertus.
Adjective
avert m (feminine singular averta, masculine plural averts, feminine plural avertas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) open
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