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evade

[ ih-veyd ]

verb (used with object)

evaded, evading.
  1. to escape from by trickery or cleverness:

    to evade one's pursuers.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. to get around by trickery:

    to evade rules.

  3. to avoid doing or fulfilling:

    to evade an obligation.

  4. to avoid answering directly:

    to evade a question.

  5. The solution evaded him.



verb (used without object)

evaded, evading.
  1. to avoid doing or fulfilling something.
  2. to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.

evade

/ ɪˈɪ /

verb

  1. to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc); escape
  2. to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc)
  3. also intr to avoid answering (a question)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ岹, adjective
  • ˈ徱Բ, adverb
  • ˈ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·a· ·i· adjective
  • ·İ noun
  • ·iԲ· adverb
  • non·a· adjective
  • non·i· adjective
  • ԴDze·iԲ adjective
  • non·iԲ· adverb
  • e· verb (used with object) preevaded preevading
  • un·a· adjective
  • ܲe·Ļ adjective
  • un·i· adjective
  • ܲe·iԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of evade1

First recorded in 1505–15; from Latin ŧ “to pass over, go out,” equivalent to ŧ- “out of, from” + “to go, walk” e- 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of evade1

C16: from French é, from Latin ŧ to go forth, from to go
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Synonym Study

See escape.
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When she ended up needing to evade the attentions of a man she'd met there, she hoped that asking for Angela would offer a "discreet and easy" escape route.

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“It is obvious that Guantanamo Bay is a likely illegal and certainly illogical location to detain immigrants. Its use is seemingly designed to undermine due process and evade legal scrutiny.”

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Although tunnels have been used in the region since ancient times, many such underground passages were built to connect Gaza to Egypt, in order to evade Israeli control of goods and travel.

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He then sought to evade extradition by seeking asylum in Spain, but that effort was unsuccessful, the paper reported.

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Lane is not an actor who has ever lacked for work, but the one thing that has evaded him in his much-laureled stage and screen career is a starring role in a successful situation comedy.

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