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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, αποσοβώFrom 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, välttääFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
avert Engelska vb. 1 avleda 2 förhindraFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Avert /ɐvˈɜːt/ تجنّبFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
avert //əˈvɜːt// //əˈvɝt//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. отклонявам to turn aside 2. отбивам, отблъсквам to ward off
avert /ɐvˈɜːt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zabránit Note: čemu
avert /ɐvˈɜːt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zamezit
avert /ɐvˈɜːt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]odvrátit
avert /ɐvˈɜːt/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]bannen [eine Gefahr] see: averting, averted Note: a danger
avert /ɐvˈɜːt/ αποστρέφω, αποτρέπωFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
avert //əˈvɜːt// //əˈvɝt//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. kääntää poispäin to turn aside 2. estää, ehkäistä to ward off
avert /ɐvˈɜːt/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]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."
avert /ɐvˈɜːt/ odvratiti, otkloniti, skrenuti, spriječitiFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
avert /əˈvɜ:t/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. zapobiegać 2. odwracać (sth from - coś od)
avert //əˈvɜːt// //əˈvɝt//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]vända bort to turn aside
avert /ɐvˈɜːt/ 1. başka tarafa çevirmek, yön değiştirtmek 2. önlemek, menetmek, defetmek, bırakmamak.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/əˈvɝt/
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, whirlFrom 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