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averting

averting is the present participle and gerund of avert.

Meaning of avert

Verb

avert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted)

  1. (transitive) To turn aside or away.
    • I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
  2. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
    • How can the danger be averted?
    Synonyms:
    forestall
  3. (archaic, intransitive) To turn away.
    • Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC

Questions about averting

What is averting the present participle and gerund of?
Averting is the present participle and gerund of avert.

Words near averting in the dictionary

  1. averteth
  2. avertible
  3. avertiment
  4. avertiments
  5. avertin
  6. averting
  7. avertissement
  8. avertissements
  9. avertive
  10. avertives
  11. avertress

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