AVERT


Meaning of AVERT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əvɜ:(r)t ]

( averts, averting, averted)

1.

If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.

Talks with the teachers’ union over the weekend have averted a strike...

VERB : V n

2.

If you avert your eyes or gaze from someone or something, you look away from them.

VERB

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