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• General-American: /əˈvɝt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈvɜːt/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 V ER1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отклонявам (otklonjavam) — to turn aside
• Czech: odvrátit — to turn aside
• Dutch: ontwijken — to turn aside
• Esperanto: forturni — to turn aside
• Finnish: kääntää poispäin — to turn aside
• French: détourner — to turn aside
• German: abwenden — to turn aside
• Greek: αποστρέφω (apostréfo) — to turn aside
• Hindi: टालना (ṭālnā) — to turn aside
• Hungarian: elfordít — to turn aside
• Icelandic: snúa frá — to turn aside
• Icelandic: snúa undan — to turn aside
• Icelandic: beina frá — to turn aside
• Icelandic: snúa sér undan — to turn aside
• Icelandic: líta undan — to turn aside
• Italian: distogliere — to turn aside
• Korean: 돌리다 (dollida) — to turn aside
• Macedonian: о́дврати (ódvrati) — to turn aside
• Māori: kaupare — to turn aside
• Māori: kaupapare — to turn aside
• Russian: отводи́ть (otvodítʹ) — to turn aside
• Russian: отвести́ (otvestí) — to turn aside
• Spanish: apartar — to turn aside
• Spanish: desviar — to turn aside
• Swedish: vända bort — to turn aside
• Bulgarian: отблъсквам (otblǎskvam) — to ward off
• Bulgarian: отбивам (otbivam) — to ward off
• Czech: odvrátit — to ward off
• Czech: zabránit — to ward off
• Czech: předejít — to ward off
• Dutch: voorkomen — to ward off
• Dutch: verhinderen — to ward off
• Finnish: estää — to ward off
• Finnish: ehkäistä — to ward off
• French: prévenir — to ward off
• French: éviter — to ward off
• German: abwenden — to ward off
• German: verhindern — to ward off
• Greek: αποτρέπω (apotrépo) — to ward off
• Greek: αποσοβώ (aposovó) — to ward off
• Hindi: रोकना (roknā) — to ward off
• Hungarian: elhárít — to ward off
• Hungarian: elkerül — to ward off
• Hungarian: kivéd — to ward off
• Hungarian: megakadályoz — to ward off
• Icelandic: afstýra — to ward off
• Icelandic: koma í veg fyrir — to ward off
• Italian: evitare — to ward off
• Korean: 방지하다 (bangjihada) — to ward off
• Macedonian: спре́чи (spréči) — to ward off
• Macedonian: о́дврати (ódvrati) — to ward off
• Macedonian: и́збегне (ízbegne) — to ward off
• Macedonian: о́дбегне (ódbegne) — to ward off
• Macedonian: о́дбие (ódbie) — to ward off
• Malayalam: ഒഴിവാക്കുക (oḻivākkuka) — to ward off
• Malayalam: അകറ്റുക (akaṟṟuka) — to ward off
• Māori: wawao — to ward off
• Māori: araarai — to ward off
• Māori: ārai — to ward off
• Māori: parepare — to ward off
• Māori: papare — to ward off
• Māori: pare — to ward off
• Russian: отража́ть (otražátʹ) — to ward off
• Russian: отрази́ть (otrazítʹ) — to ward off
• Russian: отбива́ть (otbivátʹ) — to ward off
• Russian: отби́ть (otbítʹ) — to ward off
• Russian: пари́ровать (parírovatʹ) — to ward off
• Russian: отвраща́ть (otvraščátʹ) — to ward off
• Russian: отврати́ть (otvratítʹ) — to ward off
• Russian: предотвраща́ть (predotvraščátʹ) — to ward off
• Russian: предотврати́ть (predotvratítʹ) — to ward off
• Spanish: evitar — to ward off
• Spanish: impedir — to ward off
• Spanish: prevenir — to ward off