to avert
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5.0
- verb
- /əˈvɜrt/
:
apartar la mirada
- She quickly averted her gaze to avoid seeing the accident.
- averted gaze
- averted eyes
I think the the poet must not close his eyes, avert his eyes.
- I think the the poet must not close his eyes, avert his eyes.
- You'll need to avert your eyes because I'll be dropping my pants.
Examples
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Avert your eyes!
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Human beings should follow the example of the physicist and avert our eyes from ourselves and toward the cosmos.
Academic text (1999) -
I shall avert my eyes.
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Best to avert your eyes, dear.
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Avert your eyes, my sweet.
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The more sensitive chicks in the room may want to avert their eyes.
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Or you can choose to walk by and avert your eyes when you see an injustice, big or small.
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Yet she owed him an explanation, and with averted eyes, she said, "I'm a sensible woman."
Fiction book (1991) -
He averted his eyes.
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Larissa's heart sank, and she averted her gaze from his, looking out over the water.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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1.0
To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening
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1.0
To shut your eyelids or ignore a problem and take a risk
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2.2
Turn your eyes away from a person or thing that makes you uncomfortable
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2.3
Move your body so you do not face someone or something
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2.9
To avoid dealing with a problem or responsibility
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5.8
To escape someone or fail to be understood
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4.6
To turn attention away from a person or thing
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4.7
To ignore something wrong on purpose instead of reporting it
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4.4
To get away from someone or something by being clever and tricky
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3.9
Stop something harmful from coming close and causing trouble
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4.0
To stay away from people and things that may cause trouble or harm
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4.4
To keep harmful or unpleasant things away from you
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3.9
Keep unwanted people or things away so they do not harm you
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4.6
To avoid someone or something and refuse to meet and speak to them on purpose
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8.9
To avoid something on purpose
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3.7
To refuse to have anything to do with someone or something
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4.1
Refuse to think about something, for example worries or objections
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7.0
To make someone or something go away
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8.1
Stop yourself from doing or saying something when you feel tempted
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9.9
To stop danger or harm from happening
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5.9
Avoid looking at someone or something on purpose
To stop something bad from happening
Antonyms
How Avoiding
Surface Forms
Etymology
Avert comes from old parts meaning 'away' (ab-) and 'to turn' (vert), like the root in convert. So to avert your eyes is to 'turn them away' from something unpleasant.