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avertable

avertable

6.5
Possible to prevent by taking action
  • adjective
  • /əˈvɜːrtəbl/
translation icon : evitable
  • The disease is largely avertable through vaccination programs.

Examples

  • Many accidents are avertable with proper precautions.

  • Such conflicts are avertable through dialogue.

  • Much of the damage from the storm was avertable if warnings had been heeded.

  • The disaster was avertable with proper planning.

  • Many accidents are avertable with proper precautions.

  • The disease is largely avertable through vaccination programs.

  • Much of the damage from the storm was avertable if warnings had been heeded.

Synonyms

preventable
vsavertable
36 3.5

Someone can stop it by acting before it happens

covers stopping by warding rather than by prior planned action
avoidable
vsavertable
15 3.1

Something you can prevent by taking action

is usually stopped by active warding rather than rules
evitable
vsavertable
1 9.9

Something you can avoid

implies warding off by action rather than mere possibility
avertible
vsavertable
7.4

Something you can avoid before it happens

focuses on being stopped by deliberate warding action

Antonyms

45 3.8

You cannot stop or prevent it

1 5.3

An event that cannot be avoided

How Preventable

preventable
36 3.5
avertable
6.5
unavoidable
45 3.8
inevitable
467 4.6

Surface Forms

avertable positive

Morphology

avertable = avert (transparent) = avert + able

The adjective is a direct and productive formation from the verb 'avert' plus '-able', meaning capable of being averted or prevented.

Etymology

Avertable comes from avert, which is made of ab- 'away' and vertere 'to turn', the same 'turn' idea you see in reverse. So, something avertable can be 'turned away' or 'prevented' before it happens.