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averting
We have found lemma(root) word of averting : avert.
Definitions
[əˈvəːt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- turn away (one's eyes or thoughts)
(e.g: she averted her eyes while we made stilted conversation)
- prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence)
(e.g: talks failed to avert a rail strike)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘divert or deter someone from a place or a course of action’): from Latin avertere, from ab- ‘from’ + vertere ‘to turn’; reinforced by Old French avertir
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