Synonyms: avoid, evade, elude, circumvent, shirk, sidestep, steer clear of, bilk
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /əˈvɜːt/ |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑩𐑝𐑻𐑑 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) avert | (I) averted |
| (thou) avertest | (thou) avertedst |
| (he) averts, averteth | (he) averted |
| (we) avert | (we) averted |
| (you) avert | (you) averted |
| (they) avert | (they) averted |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) avert | (I) averted |
| (thou) avert | (thou) averted |
| (he) avert | (he) averted |
| (we) avert | (we) averted |
| (you) avert | (you) averted |
| (they) avert | (they) averted |
| Imperative mood | |
| avert | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| averting | averted |
| Afrikaans | vermy |
|---|---|
| Catalan | evitar |
| Danish | undgå; undvige |
| Dutch | mijden; ontwijken; uit de weg gaan; vermijden; omzéílen |
| Esperanto | eviti |
| Faeroese | sleppa frá |
| Finnish | välttää |
| French | éviter |
| German | ausweichen; entweichen; meiden; vermeiden; aus dem Wege gehen; entgehen |
| Italian | evitare |
| Latin | vitare |
| Malay | hindari; menghindari |
| Papiamento | evitá |
| Polish | unikać |
| Portuguese | prevenir |
| Romanian | evita |
| Saterland Frisian | uutwieke; miede; fermiede; äntwieke |
| Scots | evite |
| Spanish | evitar; rehuir |
| Swedish | kringgå; undfly |