What does averting mean?
Definitions for averting
avert·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
avertingnoun
the act of preventing something from occurring
"averting danger was his responsibility"
aversion, avertingnoun
the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
"averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
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averting
Averting typically refers to the action of preventing something undesirable from happening or turning away attention or consideration from something. It can also mean avoiding or turning away from an encounter or trend.
Webster Dictionary
Averting
of Avert
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grievant
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of averting in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of averting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of averting in a Sentence
Such an intervention was directed exclusively to averting a humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons, and the action was the minimum judged necessary for that purpose.
I'm not so sure anymore if the Greek government is really interested in averting damage for the people of Greece.
We will help where we can, but there is no way of completely averting the consequences of this unilateral withdrawal.
We continue to believe, as I said this morning, that that would be the best path forward -- a return to compliance off both sides to the JCPOA, to make sure that we are putting Iran's nuclear program back in a box and averting any kind of crisis.
Greece asked for a six-month extension but it ended up with a four-month extension. The agreement appears to mainly focus on averting a default for now, rather than solving issues, although the market reacted positively on Friday, I think there will be more twists and turns down the road. Ultimately Greece has to carry out reforms but it is uncertain given that the government has won by promising not to reform.
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