avert

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈvɜːt/
• (America) IPA: /əˈvɝt/

Verb

avert (averts, present participle averting; past and past participle averted)

1. (transitive) To turn aside or away.

   To avert the eyes from an object.

2. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.

   How can the danger be averted?

   • Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.

3. (intransitive, archaic) To turn away.

   • Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.

4. (transitive, archaic) To turn away.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Unity in Religion

     When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.

Synonyms

• (to prevent) forestall
• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Translations

• German: abwenden
• Russian: отводи́ть
• Spanish: apartar

Translations

• French: prévenir
• German: abwenden, verhindern
• Italian: evitare
• Russian: отража́ть
• Spanish: evitar

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