avert
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#AVERTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wert-#AVERTFrom Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#AVERTCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#AVERT averten, adverten, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#AVERT avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#AVERT āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈvɝt/Category:English 2-syllable words#AVERTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AVERT
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈvɜːt/Category:English 2-syllable words#AVERTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AVERT
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#AVERTAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tCategory:Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t#AVERTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)t/2 syllables#AVERT
Verb
avert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted)Category:English lemmas#AVERTCategory:English verbs#AVERTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AVERTCategory:Pages with entries#AVERTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#AVERT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#AVERT) To turn aside or away.
- I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.Category:English terms with usage examples#AVERT
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Unity in Religion”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.Category:English terms with quotations#AVERT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#AVERT) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
- Synonym: forestall
- How can the danger be averted?Category:English terms with usage examples#AVERT
- 1700, Matthew Prior, Carmen Seculare. for the Year 1700:
- Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.Category:English terms with quotations#AVERT
- 1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 90:
- Indeed, there was some highly questionable jiggery-pokery with couplings and continuous brakes in this agreeable story, which featured Moore Marriott as an old driver who averts a disaster on his last run.Category:English terms with quotations#AVERT
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#AVERT, archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#AVERT) To turn away.
- a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
- Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.Category:English terms with quotations#AVERT
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:hinder
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “avert”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Lombard
Etymology
Adjective
avertCategory:Lombard lemmas#AVERTCategory:Lombard adjectives#AVERTCategory:Lombard entries with incorrect language header#AVERTCategory:Pages with entries#AVERTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#AVERT
- open (not closed)
Romansh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Romansh terms inherited from Latin#AVERTCategory:Romansh terms derived from Latin#AVERT apertus.
Adjective
avertCategory:Romansh lemmas#AVERTCategory:Romansh adjectives#AVERTCategory:Romansh entries with incorrect language header#AVERTCategory:Pages with entries#AVERTCategory:Pages with 3 entries#AVERT m (feminine singular averta, masculine plural averts, feminine plural avertas)
- (Rumantsch GrischunCategory:Rumantsch Grischun#AVERT, SurmiranCategory:Surmiran Romansh#AVERT, ValladerCategory:Vallader Romansh#AVERT) open