adjective [notbeforenoun]
1 not ~ to sth / to doing sth liking sth or wanting to do sth; not opposed to doing sth:
I mentioned it to Kate and she wasn't averse to the idea.
2 ~ to sth / to doing sth (formal) not liking sth or wanting to do sth; opposed to doing sth:
He was averse to any change.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for averse is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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