| VERB | social | avert, debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off | prevent the occurrence of |
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| motion | avert, turn away | turn away or aside |
| Sounds | ahver't | |
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| Rhymes | Albert ... yogurt: 70 rhymes with ert... | |
| Meaning | prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening / happening. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "avert a strike" | |
| Synonyms | debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off | |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
| Spanish | alejar, atajar, capear, desviar, detener, eludir, esquivar, evitar, obviar, prevenir, prohibir | |
| Catalan | eludir, evitar, prevenir | |
| Adjectives | avertible, avertable | capable of being avoided / avoided or warded off |
| Meaning | turn away or aside. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "They averted their eyes when the King entered" | |
| Synonym | turn away | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Spanish | apartar la vista, apartar, desviar | |
| Nouns | aversion | the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away |
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