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Detailed Synonyms for avert in English

avert:

to avert verb (averts, averted, averting)

  1. to avert
    to avert
    • avert verb (averts, averted, averting)
  2. to avert
    to avert; to keep out
    • avert verb (averts, averted, averting)
    • keep out verb (keeps out, kept out, keeping out)
    to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    • prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)
  3. to avert
    to divert; to avert; to turn away; to fend off; to parry; to lay off; to keep off
    • divert verb (diverts, diverted, diverting)
    • avert verb (averts, averted, averting)
    • turn away verb (turns away, turned away, turning away)
    • fend off verb (fends off, fended off, fending off)
    • parry verb (parries, parried, parrying)
    • lay off verb (lays off, laid off, laying off)
    • keep off verb (keeps off, kept off, keeping off)
  4. to avert
    – turn away or aside 1
    to avert; to turn away
    – turn away or aside 1
    • avert verb (averts, averted, averting)
      • They averted their eyes when the King entered1
    • turn away verb (turns away, turned away, turning away)

Conjugations for avert:

present
  1. avert
  2. avert
  3. averts
  4. avert
  5. avert
  6. avert
simple past
  1. averted
  2. averted
  3. averted
  4. averted
  5. averted
  6. averted
present perfect
  1. have averted
  2. have averted
  3. has averted
  4. have averted
  5. have averted
  6. have averted
past continuous
  1. was averting
  2. were averting
  3. was averting
  4. were averting
  5. were averting
  6. were averting
future
  1. shall avert
  2. will avert
  3. will avert
  4. shall avert
  5. will avert
  6. will avert
continuous present
  1. am averting
  2. are averting
  3. is averting
  4. are averting
  5. are averting
  6. are averting
subjunctive
  1. be averted
  2. be averted
  3. be averted
  4. be averted
  5. be averted
  6. be averted
diverse
  1. avert!
  2. let's avert!
  3. averted
  4. averting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

avert

  1. avert
    prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1

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Related Definitions for "avert":

  1. turn away or aside1
    • They averted their eyes when the King entered1