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a·vert
 avert
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- pronunciation:
vuhrt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
averts, averting, averted |
| definition 1: |
to turn aside or away.
She averted her glance whenever I tried to wave hello.- synonyms:
- turn
- similar words:
- divert, evade, ward
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| definition 2: |
to prevent or forestall.
The captain averted a shipwreck.- synonyms:
- forestall, prevent, ward off
- similar words:
- avoid, circumvent, fend off, frustrate, obviate, parry, plead, stave off
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| related words: |
evade, preclude, repel |
adverb + (v.)avert
barely, desperately, hastily, narrowly, politely, quickly, successfully, swiftly, temporarily, thereby
(v.)avert
+ adverb
altogether, potentially, shyly
(v.)avert
+ noun
alarm,
anarchy,
apocalypse,
attack,
bankruptcy,
battle,
blackout,
breakdown,
calamity,
cataclysm,
catastrophe,
chaos,
clash,
climate,
closure,
collapse,
collision,
conflict,
confrontation,
consequence,
coup,
crisis,
danger,
decree,
default,
defeat,
delta,
destruction,
diplomacy,
disaster,
epidemic,
evil,
explosion,
extinction,
eye,
face,
famine,
fate,
filing,
gaze,
genocide,
glance,
harm,
humiliation,
illness,
infection,
inflation,
intervention,
invasion,
killing,
lawsuit,
layoff,
massacre,
meltdown,
outbreak,
outcome,
panic,
possibility,
prospect,
recession,
shame,
shock,
shortage,
showdown,
shutdown,
stare,
strike,
suffering,
takeover,
threat,
trade,
violence,
vision,
war
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The word avert
contains the following part:
vers, vert
Latin
root
that means to turn; to be occupied with
  Example words:
adversary, adversative, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advertisement, animadversion, animadvert, anniversary, averse, aversion, avert, controversial, controversy, controvert, conversable, conversant, conversation, converse1, convert, converter, convertible, covert, divers, diverse, diversify, diversion, diversity, divert, divorce, eversion, evert, extraversion, extroversion, extrovert, inadvertence, inadvertent, intervertebral, introversion, introvert, inverse, inversion, invert, invertebrate, inverter, irreversible, malversation, obverse, perverse, perversion, perversity, pervert, reconvert, revers, reversal, reverse, reversible, reversion, revert, subversion, subvert, tergiversate, transversal, transverse, traverse, universalism, universality, universe, university, versatile, versatility, verse, versicle, version, verso, versus, vertebral, vertebrate, vertex, vertical, verticil, vertiginous, vice versa, vortex
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