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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
avert
1. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening (Freq. 5) - Let's avoid a confrontation - head off a confrontation - avert a strike • Syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off • Derivationally related forms: avoidable (for: avoid), avertible, avertable, obviation (for: obviate) • Hypernyms: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 2. turn away or aside (Freq. 1) - They averted their eyes when the King entered • Syn: turn away • Derivationally related forms: aversion • Hypernyms: turn • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something
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