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• past participle of avert.
• past tense form 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

Etymology

Origin of averted

avert ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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averted

As a result of its new approach, the EPA no longer estimates the number of lives saved or diseases and hospitalizations averted.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026

Although financial collapse was averted, the troubles that contributed to the receivership were exacerbated over the years by leadership instability — with 11 appointed leaders over an 11-year span.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

None of the sovereign defaults over the past decade—among them Argentina, Ecuador, Ghana, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela—would have been averted by a debt pause.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The thing he saw in the averted glance of the servants at his boarding school; the bootblack who tap-danced for a penny.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison