The meaning of AVERT is to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance. How to use avert in a sentence.

AVERT definition: 1. to prevent something bad from happening: 2. to turn away your eyes or thoughts: 3. to prevent…. Learn more.

1. to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes. 2. to ward off; prevent: to avert an accident.

If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening. Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike. [VERB noun] A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.

Definition of avert verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 a•vert (ə vûrt′), v.t. to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes. to ward off; prevent: to avert evil; to avert an accident.

AVERT definition: to turn away or aside. See examples of avert used in a sentence.

6 days ago · Verb avert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted) (transitive) To turn aside or away. I averted my eyes while my friend …

AVERT meaning: 1 : to turn (your eyes, gaze, etc.) away or aside; 2 : to prevent (something bad) from happening

To keep from happening; ward off; prevent. He apologized in order to avert trouble.