Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete, rare)To turn away.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. I'm not averse to meeting Tom.

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  2. This investment is not for the risk-averse.

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  3. I'm not averse to a good night out.

    deIch wäre nicht abgeneigt, am Abend schön auszugehen. — hjoest

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  4. I am constitutionally averse to getting carried away with feelings.

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  5. To say that a cat is instinctively averse to water means that it is the cat's natural reaction towards it.

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Origin

From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”).

From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”).

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Forms

averses, aversing, aversed, aversed
Base formaverse · to averse
3rd person singularaverses
Present participleaversing
Past simpleaversed
Past participleaversed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaverse
he, she, itaverses

Past simpleLesson

all personsaversed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave aversed
he, she, ithas aversed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill averse

Word family

1 related words
RelatedadverseB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
averaverageA2aversionavertaviavianC2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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