Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to avert
Participle: averted
Gerund: averting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | avert |
| you | avert |
| he;she;it | averts |
| we | avert |
| you | avert |
| they | avert |
Perfect
| I | have averted |
| you | have averted |
| he;she;it | has averted |
| we | have averted |
| you | have averted |
| they | have averted |
Past
| I | averted |
| you | averted |
| he;she;it | averted |
| we | averted |
| you | averted |
| they | averted |
Pluperfect
| I | had averted |
| you | had averted |
| he;she;it | had averted |
| we | had averted |
| you | had averted |
| they | had averted |
Future
| I | will avert |
| you | will avert |
| he;she;it | will avert |
| we | will avert |
| you | will avert |
| they | will avert |
Future Perfect
| I | will have averted |
| you | will have averted |
| he;she;it | will have averted |
| we | will have averted |
| you | will have averted |
| they | will have averted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | avert |
| you | avert |
| he;she;it | avert |
| we | avert |
| you | avert |
| they | avert |
Perfect
| I | have averted |
| you | have averted |
| he;she;it | have averted |
| we | have averted |
| you | have averted |
| they | have averted |
Imperfect
| I | averted |
| you | averted |
| he;she;it | averted |
| we | averted |
| you | averted |
| they | averted |
Pluperfect
| I | had averted |
| you | had averted |
| he;she;it | had averted |
| we | had averted |
| you | had averted |
| they | had averted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would avert |
| you | would avert |
| he;she;it | would avert |
| we | would avert |
| you | would avert |
| they | would avert |
Perfect
| I | would have averted |
| you | would have averted |
| he;she;it | would have averted |
| we | would have averted |
| you | would have averted |
| they | would have averted |
Imperative
| you | avert |
| we | Let's avert |
| you | avert |
Verbs conjugated like 'avert'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'avert'
advert,
alert,
aver,
evert,
aberr,
abet,
abort,
advect,
adverb,
airt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to delay taking action; to wait until later
- forestall, forestay, forslow, protract, retard, suspend, procrastinate
- to keep away from
- abjure, avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, evitate, get away from, mithe, shun, shy away from, sidestep, skirt, steer clear, waive
- avoid
- prevent, thwart, forestall
Antonyms
- avoid
- face, meet, confront, encounter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1400, from O.Fr.
avertir, from L.
avertere "to turn away," from
ab- "from, away" +
vertere "to turn" see versus).
2. From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”). See: Old French '
avertir', Latin '
āvertō'.
Sample Sentences
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Such as it is, it is likely to remain. It was originally chosen for the seat of Government, as a means of averting the conflicting jealousies and interests of the different States; and very probably, too, as being remote from mobs: a consideration not to be slighted, even in America. It has no trade or commerce [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] an expert and efficient workman in whatever he undertook; and was, both from habit and principle, prompt and faithful. Quiet and peaceable in his disposition, he hoped, by unremitting diligence, to avert from himself at least a portion of the evils of his condition. He saw enough of abuse and misery to make him sick and weary; but he determined to toil on, with religious patience, committing himself [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)