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1. (v.t.) avert
to turn away or aside:
to avert one's eyes.
2. avert
to ward off; prevent:
to avert an accident.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < MF avertir&indirdesc; L āvertere=ā-a -4+vertere to turn)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
"Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
2. (verb) avert, turn away
turn away or aside
"They averted their eyes when the King entered"
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1. (noun) avert
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."
2. (verb) avert
to turn away
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Sense: to turn away, especially one's eyes
She averted her eyes from the dead animal.
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 Afrikaans: wegkeer |
 Arabic: يُحَوِّل بَصَرَه |
 Bulgarian: отклонявам |
 Brazilian: desviar |
 Czech: odvrátit |
 German: abwenden |
 Danish: vende væk |
 Greek: αποστρέφω |
 Spanish: desviar, apartar |
 Estonian: kõrvale pöörama |
 Farsi: برگرداندن |
 Finnish: väistää |
 French: détourner |
 Hebrew: לְהַפְנוֹת הָצִידָה |
 Hindi: फेरना |
 Croatian: odvratiti |
 Hungarian: elfordít |
 Indonesian: mengalihkan pandangan |
 Icelandic: beina burt |
 Italian: distogliere |
 Japanese: そむける |
 Korean: 피하다 |
 Lithuanian: nukreipti, nusukti |
 Latvian: novērst |
 Malay: memalingkan |
 Dutch: afwenden |
 Norwegian: vende bort |
 Polish: odwracać |
 Persian: برگرداندن |
 Pashto: راګرځول |
 Portuguese: desviar |
 Romanian: aîntoarce |
 Russian: отводить |
 Slovak: odvrátiť |
 Slovenian: odvrniti |
 Serbian: skloniti pogled |
 Swedish: vända bort |
 Thai: เบนสายตา |
 Turkish: başka tarafa çevirmek |
 Taiwanese: 轉移 |
 Ukrainian: відводити |
 Urdu: بال بال بچنا ،دور رہنا |
 Vietnamese: ngoảnh đi |
 Chinese: 转移 |
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