avert

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ad + vertō (“to turn”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈvɝt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈvɜːt/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t === Verb === avert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted) (transitive) To turn aside or away. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of. Synonym: forestall (intransitive, archaic) To turn away. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:hinder ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “avert”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === tarve, trave, Trave, Vater == Lombard == === Etymology === Akin to aperto, from Latin apertus. Compare French ouvert. === Adjective === avert open (not closed) == Romansch == === Alternative forms === aviert (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) === Etymology === From Latin apertus. === Adjective === avert m (feminine singular averta, masculine plural averts, feminine plural avertas) (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) open ==== Related terms ==== avrir