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# averting

verb form (averting), the -ing form of «avert»

«averting» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Stopping something bad from happening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/#m1)
2. Turning your eyes or face away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in news and stories: «averting disaster», «averting her eyes». Phrases: «averting a crisis».

### Examples

- The pilot's quick thinking was key to averting a crash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/#x1)
- She kept averting her eyes from the scary film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/#x2)
- Averting a flood meant building a wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/#x3)
- They succeeded in averting a strike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/#x4)
- Averting his gaze, he said sorry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/#x5)
- Firefighters worked all night, averting disaster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/#x6)
- Nemesis was worshipped by the Romans, (who invoked her on the Capitol), as a divinity who possessed the power of averting the pernicious consequences of envy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/#x7)

### Note

Verb: avert, averted. Do not confuse with «avert» and «advert» (an advertisement).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «averting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/averting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«averting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/averting.html) on Mova free.