Associations to the word «Averting»

Wiktionary

AVERT, verb. (transitive) To turn aside or away.

AVERT, verb. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.

AVERT, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To turn away.

AVERT, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To turn away.

AVERT, verb. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike".

AVERT, verb. Turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered".

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery