What does averting mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. avertingnoun

    the act of preventing something from occurring

    "averting danger was his responsibility"

  2. aversion, avertingnoun

    the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

    "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"

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  1. averting

    Averting typically refers to the action of preventing something undesirable from happening or turning away attention or consideration from something. It can also mean avoiding or turning away from an encounter or trend.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Averting

    of Avert

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of averting in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of averting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of averting in a Sentence

  1. Farbod Mimeh:

    With G7 talks underway, we could be lined up for another choppy session with little change amid swinging sentiment between a deal being stuck and bearish talk on Greece's chances of averting disaster," Farbod Mimeh, a junior dealer at Capital Spreads in London, said in a note to clients. http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-asian-shares-drop-dollar-at-highest-since-2002-against-yen-2089942

  2. Peter Altmaier:

    We will help where we can, but there is no way of completely averting the consequences of this unilateral withdrawal.

  3. Downing Street:

    Such an intervention was directed exclusively to averting a humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons, and the action was the minimum judged necessary for that purpose.

  4. Michael Grosse-Broemer:

    I'm not so sure anymore if the Greek government is really interested in averting damage for the people of Greece.

  5. Hiroki Shimazu:

    Greece asked for a six-month extension but it ended up with a four-month extension. The agreement appears to mainly focus on averting a default for now, rather than solving issues, although the market reacted positively on Friday, I think there will be more twists and turns down the road. Ultimately Greece has to carry out reforms but it is uncertain given that the government has won by promising not to reform.

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