Avert
verb
To prevent something bad from happening.
The disaster was averted by a quick-thinking driver
Often appears as...
- avert disaster
- avert crisis
verb
To turn your eyes, gaze or attention away from something.
She averted her eyes from the gruesome sight
Often appears as...
- avert eyes
- avert gaze
verb
To prevent something bad from happening.
The disaster was averted by a quick-thinking driver
Often appears as...
- avert disaster
- avert crisis
verb
To turn your eyes, gaze or attention away from something.
She averted her eyes from the gruesome sight
Often appears as...
- avert eyes
- avert gaze
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Proactive Action
Use 'avert' when actions are taken to stop something bad before it happens.
The quick vaccination campaign averted a health crisis.
Pro Tip 2/3Imminent Threat
'Avert' often suggests a close call with a negative event or danger.
She slammed on the brakes, averting a collision.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Concepts
Can also be used to prevent non-physical events, like an argument or misunderstanding.
Their apology averted any misunderstanding between them.
Pro Tip 1/3Proactive Action
Use 'avert' when actions are taken to stop something bad before it happens.
The quick vaccination campaign averted a health crisis.
Pro Tip 2/3Imminent Threat
'Avert' often suggests a close call with a negative event or danger.
She slammed on the brakes, averting a collision.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Concepts
Can also be used to prevent non-physical events, like an argument or misunderstanding.
Their apology averted any misunderstanding between them.
Pro Tip 1/3Proactive Action
Use 'avert' when actions are taken to stop something bad before it happens.
The quick vaccination campaign averted a health crisis.
Pro Tip 2/3Imminent Threat
'Avert' often suggests a close call with a negative event or danger.
She slammed on the brakes, averting a collision.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Concepts
Can also be used to prevent non-physical events, like an argument or misunderstanding.
Their apology averted any misunderstanding between them.
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The happy secret to...
threatening to erupt from her mouth and wake my parents from the long winter's nap for which they had settled. So I did the only thing my frantic seven year-old brain could think to do to avert this tragedy. And if you have children, you've seen this hundreds of times. I said, "Amy, wait. Don't cry. Did you see how you landed? No human lands on all fours like that.
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The happy secret to...
suffering and surprise threatening to erupt from her mouth and threatening to wake my parents from the long winters nap for which they had settled so I did the only thing my little frantic seven-year-old brain could think to do to avert this tragedy if you have children you've seen this hundreds of times before I said Amy Amy wait don't
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On data, rights, privacy...
telephone providers to help to map and stem the spread of the disease and while progress was made towards this goal had it been able to be done faster and in real time many lives would have been saved and that a catastrophe averted so what this brings up is the need for a framework of data government governance
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How to Conserve Water PIPE...
dishes under a running faucet before loading them into the dishwasher this is a huge waste of water because you actually need the dishes to be dirty as the enzymes and the detergent latch onto food particles to work effectively and it's these actions that could help avert america's looming water crisis
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John Hunter: Teaching...
She was able to see the vectors and trend lines and intentions long before any of us and understand what was going to happen and made a philosophical decision to attack in a peace game. Now she used a small war to avert a larger war, so we stopped and had a very good philosophical discussion
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How to shift your...
and as humanity now tries to think about how we can find the inspiration to retake control of our actions so that terrible things don't come down the road without us taking action to avert them, I thought this is a good place for us to talk. And I'd like to begin that story six years ago,
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Why you should define...
I was able to extricate myself from the business. I ended up extending that trip for a year and a half around the world, and that became the basis for my first book, that leads me here today. And I can trace all of my biggest wins and all of my biggest disasters averted
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Do schools kill...
We have to be careful now that we use this gift wisely, and that we avert some of the scenarios that we've talked about. And the only way we'll do it is by seeing our creative capacities for the richness they are and seeing our children for the hope that they are.
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How we can turn the cold...
both today and later this century. And it could help us avert that worst-case feedback loop. I'm a scientist who thinks a lot about light and heat. In particular, how new materials allow us to alter the flow of these basic elements of nature
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Spy Gorilla Comes Face...
Until then, there's a line no one can cross. His arm a barrier between them and the newcomer. To show respect, our spy averts his gaze .Decision made. Spy gorilla can stay.
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The happy secret to...
threatening to erupt from her mouth and wake my parents from the long winter's nap for which they had settled. So I did the only thing my frantic seven year-old brain could think to do to avert this tragedy. And if you have children, you've seen this hundreds of times. I said, "Amy, wait. Don't cry. Did you see how you landed? No human lands on all fours like that.
Video examples
The happy secret to...
suffering and surprise threatening to erupt from her mouth and threatening to wake my parents from the long winters nap for which they had settled so I did the only thing my little frantic seven-year-old brain could think to do to avert this tragedy if you have children you've seen this hundreds of times before I said Amy Amy wait don't
Video examples
On data, rights, privacy...
telephone providers to help to map and stem the spread of the disease and while progress was made towards this goal had it been able to be done faster and in real time many lives would have been saved and that a catastrophe averted so what this brings up is the need for a framework of data government governance
Video examples
How to Conserve Water PIPE...
dishes under a running faucet before loading them into the dishwasher this is a huge waste of water because you actually need the dishes to be dirty as the enzymes and the detergent latch onto food particles to work effectively and it's these actions that could help avert america's looming water crisis
Video examples
John Hunter: Teaching...
She was able to see the vectors and trend lines and intentions long before any of us and understand what was going to happen and made a philosophical decision to attack in a peace game. Now she used a small war to avert a larger war, so we stopped and had a very good philosophical discussion
Video examples
How to shift your...
and as humanity now tries to think about how we can find the inspiration to retake control of our actions so that terrible things don't come down the road without us taking action to avert them, I thought this is a good place for us to talk. And I'd like to begin that story six years ago,
Video examples
Why you should define...
I was able to extricate myself from the business. I ended up extending that trip for a year and a half around the world, and that became the basis for my first book, that leads me here today. And I can trace all of my biggest wins and all of my biggest disasters averted
Video examples
Do schools kill...
We have to be careful now that we use this gift wisely, and that we avert some of the scenarios that we've talked about. And the only way we'll do it is by seeing our creative capacities for the richness they are and seeing our children for the hope that they are.
Video examples
How we can turn the cold...
both today and later this century. And it could help us avert that worst-case feedback loop. I'm a scientist who thinks a lot about light and heat. In particular, how new materials allow us to alter the flow of these basic elements of nature
Video examples
Spy Gorilla Comes Face...
Until then, there's a line no one can cross. His arm a barrier between them and the newcomer. To show respect, our spy averts his gaze .Decision made. Spy gorilla can stay.
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Al Franken
American Politician
Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, 'Hi' to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
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Michael McCaul
American Politician
We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction.
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Iain Duncan Smith
British Politician
By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Questioning someone who is acting as a lookout for a burglary might not result in an arrest, because there is not enough evidence of a crime in progress to support one, but that intervention will likely avert the break-in.
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Andrew Jackson
American President
There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone.
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Elihu Root
American Lawyer
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.
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Garrison Keillor
American Writer
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
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Joseph Rotblat
Polish Physicist
I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.
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Eskinder Nega
Ethiopian Journalist
Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.
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Joel Salatin
American Author
No civilization on the brink of collapse has ever changed fast enough to avert collapse.
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Al Franken
American Politician
Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran. But when the veteran has a dog, the same people will come up and say, 'Hi' to pet the dog and then strike up a conversation.
Quote examples
Michael McCaul
American Politician
We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction.
Quote examples
Iain Duncan Smith
British Politician
By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.
Quote examples
Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Questioning someone who is acting as a lookout for a burglary might not result in an arrest, because there is not enough evidence of a crime in progress to support one, but that intervention will likely avert the break-in.
Quote examples
Andrew Jackson
American President
There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone.
Quote examples
Elihu Root
American Lawyer
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.
Quote examples
Garrison Keillor
American Writer
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
Quote examples
Joseph Rotblat
Polish Physicist
I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.
Quote examples
Eskinder Nega
Ethiopian Journalist
Democracy is a destiny of humanity which cannot be averted. It can be delayed but not defeated.
Quote examples
Joel Salatin
American Author
No civilization on the brink of collapse has ever changed fast enough to avert collapse.
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