Hyphenation of averting

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word averting? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

avert-ing

Definitions of averting:

1.	The act of preventing something from occurring Averting danger was his responsibility
2.	The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away Averting her gaze meant that she was angry

Synonyms of averting:

noun	prevention, bar
noun	aversion, avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.