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Meanings of
averting
in English
The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away.
aversion
Synonyms
Examples for "
aversion
"
aversion
Examples for "
aversion
"
1
But
risk
-
aversion
is different for different people at different amounts of money.
2
Despite her
aversion
to conversational exchange, Clara certainly wrote a great deal.
3
Risk
aversion
,
stress from uncertainty, and malpractice concerns were derived via survey.
4
The scare stirred risk
aversion
on global markets, with Asia particularly hit.
5
I refer to an apparent
aversion
to display statistics in tabular form.
Usage of
averting
in English
1
A deal is key to
averting
a long and messy legal standoff.
2
The government temporized-triedvarious methods in the hope of
averting
the storm.
3
Only the police, which arrived in time, succeeded in
averting
the catastrophe.
4
They said that Congress should focus on
averting
the cuts from sequestration.
5
Alexia got a hand around her arm in quick order,
averting
catastrophe.
6
The very warning might be the means of
averting
such a fate.
7
Here even a servant of God prays for the
averting
of judgment.
8
And they were now bent on
averting
a clash between the two.
9
Then she got up,
averting
her face and looking about the room.
10
He smiled his bittersweet smile, bowing according to form,
averting
his eyes.
11
I did so suspiciously, and without
averting
my eyes from my visitors.
12
Rosamund pursed her lips a little,
averting
her eyes as she answered:
13
Edgar was walking down the aisle, neither blinking nor
averting
his gaze.
14
Hewett asked,
averting
his eyes and assuming a tone of half-absent indifference.
15
And welcome, my beloved son, Ki warbled and bowed,
averting
eye contact.
16
He stood foolishly by, twisting his hands,
averting
his eyes here, there.
Other examples for "averting"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
averting
avert
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
avert a strike
avert industrial
avert the catastrophe
avert war
avert bankruptcy
More collocations
Averting
through the time
Averting
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common