Definition of averts Averts
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What does averts mean?
Part of speech
🔤- averts, verb, present, 3rd person singular of avert (infinitive).
WordNet
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| avert - turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered" | ||
| turn away | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| avert - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" | ||
| debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off | ||
| forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- avert (n.)
To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire." - avert (v. i.)
To turn away.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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avert
To turn away, especially one's eyes. -
avert
Prevent the occurrence of.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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avert
a-vėrt′, v.t. to turn from or aside: to prevent: ward off.—p.adj. Avert′ed.—adv. Avert′edly.—adj. Avert′ible, capable of being averted. [L. avert-ēre—ab, from, vert-ĕre, to turn.]
Part of speech
🔤- avert, verb, present, 1st person singular of avert (infinitive).
- avert, verb (infinitive).
