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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Avert \A*vert"\, v. i.
     To turn away. [Archaic]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. --Thomson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Avert \A*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Averted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Averting.] [L. avertere; a, ab + vertere to turn: cf. OF.
     avertir. See Verse, 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.''
     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many
           discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth
           avert them from the church.              --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. --Prior.
     [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :   [ vera ]

  AVERT
       Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (McAfee)
       
       

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Avert \A*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Averted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Averting.] [L. avertere; a, ab + vertere to turn: cf. OF.
     avertir. See Verse, 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.''
     --Milton.
  
           When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many
           discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth
           avert them from the church.              --Bacon.
  
           Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Avert \A*vert"\, v. i.
     To turn away. [Archaic]
  
           Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. --Thomson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  avert
       v 1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
            avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation";
            "avert a strike" [syn: debar, obviate, deflect, head
            off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off]
       2: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King
          entered" [syn: turn away]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  avert
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 αποστρέφω
     2 αποτρέπω (εμποδίζω μια δυσάρεστη εξέλιξη), προλαβαίνω, αποσοβώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  avert
     Romansch a.
     (lb rm Rumantsch Grischun Surmiran Vallader) open
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To turn aside or away.
     2 (lb en transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or
  effects of.
     3 (lb en intransitive archaic) To turn away.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  avert
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To turn aside or away.
     2 (lb en transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or
  effects of.
     3 (lb en intransitive archaic) To turn away.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  avert
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To turn aside or away.
     2 (lb en transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or
  effects of.
     3 (lb en intransitive archaic) To turn away.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  avert
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To turn aside or away.
     2 (lb en transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or
  effects of.
     3 (lb en intransitive archaic) To turn away.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  avert
     Englanti vb.
     1 kääntää sivuun
     2 estää, välttää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  avert
     Engelska vb.
     1 avleda
     2 förhindra

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Avert /ɐvˈɜːt/
  تجنّب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  avert //əˈvɜːt// //əˈvɝt// 
  1. отклонявам
  to turn aside
  2. отбивам, отблъсквам
  to ward off

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  avert /ɐvˈɜːt/ 
  zabránit
           Note: čemu

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  avert /ɐvˈɜːt/ 
  zamezit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  avert /ɐvˈɜːt/ 
  odvrátit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  avert /ɐvˈɜːt/ 
  bannen  [eine Gefahr]
   see: averting, averted
  
           Note: a danger

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  avert /ɐvˈɜːt/
  
  αποστρέφω, αποτρέπω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  avert //əˈvɜːt// //əˈvɝt// 
  1. kääntää poispäin
  to turn aside
  2. estää, ehkäistä
  to ward off

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  avert /ɐvˈɜːt/ 
  1. घुमा~देना
        "She averted her thoughts from his memories."
  2. टाल~देना
        "Ram always averted the issue of getting married."
        "राम विवाह को टाल देना चाहता था."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  avert /ɐvˈɜːt/
  odvratiti, otkloniti, skrenuti, spriječiti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  avert /əˈvɜ:t/ 
   1.  zapobiegać
   2.  odwracać (sth from - coś od)

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  avert //əˈvɜːt// //əˈvɝt// 
  vända bort
  to turn aside

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  avert /ɐvˈɜːt/
  1. başka tarafa çevirmek, yön değiştirtmek
  2. önlemek, menetmek, defetmek, bırakmamak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈvɝt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "avert":
     about-face, anticipate, balk, bar, bear off, check, debar, deflect,
     deter, discourage, dishearten, divert, draw aside, ease off,
     edge off, estop, exclude, face about, fend, fend off, fly off,
     foil, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, gee, glance,
     glance off, go off, halt, haw, head off, help, jib, keep from,
     keep off, make way for, move aside, obviate, pivot, preclude,
     prevent, prohibit, remove, repel, right-about-face, rule out, save,
     sheer, sheer off, shove aside, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep,
     sidetrack, sidle, stave off, stay, steer clear of, step aside,
     stop, switch, thwart, transfer, turn aside, turn away, turn back,
     veer, veer off, volte-face, ward, ward off, wheel, whip, whirl
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 转开,避免,防止;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 转开,避免,防止

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