avert

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /əˈvɝt/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /əˈvɜːt/

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Verb

Plain form avert

Third-person singular averts

Past tense averted

Past participle averted

Present participle averting

1. (transitive) If you avert your eyes, your face, or yourself from something, you turn away from it.
2. (transitive) If you avert a situation, you prevent it from happening