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• past tense form of avert.
• past participle of avert.

averted

American  

[uh-vur-tid] / əˈvɜr tɪd /

adjective

1. turned away or aside.

   The angle of the head, the averted eyes, and the position of the mouth all serve to give up our secrets because they so easily reveal our feelings.

2. warded off; prevented.

   An averted foreign-policy disaster is often invisible, so the officers responsible often miss out on professional recognition.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of avert.

Other Word Forms

• unaverted
  adjective
• avertedly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of averted

avert ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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averted

That has led to higher prices for jet fuel, just a few months after global airlines, U.S. carriers included, averted a major fuel crisis that had threatened their all-important summer travel season.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Board member Kelly Gonez also defended the new contracts, which averted an April strike.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Major conflicts were averted, and so perhaps was another gathering next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Compound that with domestic crises like a narrowly averted Samsung factory strike and an overall slowdown in non-tech industries, and things have become rather volatile on the peninsula.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

I averted my eyes, and saw that the other kids were doing the same.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

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