circumvent

[ sur-kuhm-vent, sur-kuhm-vent ]

/ ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛnt /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for: circumvent / circumvented / circumvention on Thesaurus.com

verb (used with object)

to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.

to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements.

to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops.

OTHER WORDS FOR circumvent

2 escape, elude, evade, outwit.

3 encircle; ensnare.

See synonyms for circumvent on Thesaurus.com

QUIZ

GOOSES. GEESES. I WANT THIS QUIZ ON PLURAL NOUNS!

Test how much you really know about regular and irregular plural nouns with this quiz.

Question 1 of 9

Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of circumvent

1545–55; <Latin circumventus (past participle of circumvenīre to come around, surround, oppress, defraud), equivalent to circum-circum- + ven(īre) to come + -tus past participle suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM circumvent

cir·cum·vent·er, cir·cum·ven·tor, nouncir·cum·ven·tion, nouncir·cum·ven·tive, adjectiveun·cir·cum·vent·ed, adjective

Words nearby circumvent

circumstantiate, circumstellar, circumterrestrial, circumvallate, circumvallate papilla, circumvent, circumventricular organ, circumvolute, circumvolution, circumvolve, circus

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022

How to use circumvent in a sentence

This is a way to circumvent browser blockades to ensure that ad platforms can access the data advertisers rely on to measure campaign performance now and in the future when a website’s server can no longer set trackers on the user’s browser.
WTF is server-side conversion tracking?|Kate Kaye|August 16, 2021|Digiday
That a private company, servicing almost a third of the global population, was poised to circumvent the existing international monetary system shocked central banks already reeling from the rise of cryptocurrencies.
How China’s Digital Currency Could Challenge the Almighty Dollar|Charlie Campbell|August 11, 2021|Time
The idea of giving freely of what you no longer need rather than tossing it—that is, the very essence of a hiker box—circumvents the self-replicating loop of infinite consumption and waste.
The Hidden Mutual Aid Network of Hiker Boxes|awise|July 19, 2021|Outside Online
Yet in reality, those protections turned out to be either ineffective or easy to circumvent, our stories showed.
The Investigative Reporting Behind America’s Obsession With Britney Spears’ Conservatorship|by Robin Fields|July 13, 2021|ProPublica

Indeed, there are apps in the iOS App Store that use measurement and attribution tools to circumvent Apple’s guidance around tracking to varying degrees.
How Apple’s Private Relay could be the beginning of the end for fingerprinting on iOS devices|Seb Joseph|July 8, 2021|Digiday
Actually, the guessing game is over; the weddings have begun, as have weird attempts to circumvent our constitutional democracy.
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over|Jay Michaelson|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Production relocation to Africa and South America have allowed Chinese enterprises to circumvent trade caps.
'Made in China' Now Being Made in Africa|Brendon Hong|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The bar,” says Dr. Markel, “gets so high their strengths can no longer circumvent their weaknesses.
Adult Women Are the New Face of ADHD|Rae Jacobson|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, the report details an elaborate scheme to circumvent campaign finance laws.
Ethics Office Sees Evidence Republican Congressman Broke the Law|Ben Jacobs|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mainstream media like Hurriyet published tips of how to circumvent the restriction.
Turkey’s Useless Twitter Ban|Thomas Seibert|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Cardinal then hinted, that Wharton had vanished on some occult mission, to circumvent the Italian investiture.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Punishment still comes to us from those whom we would circumvent.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Philip gave Heracleides a kind of problem to work out,—how to circumvent and destroy the Rhodian fleet.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius
No wonder that provident parents circumvent such a common law by a settlement before marriage!
The College, the Market, and the Court|Caroline H. Dall
How could he know that a deeply laid plot was not already at work to undermine and circumvent him?
Sevenoaks|J. G. Holland

British Dictionary definitions for circumvent

circumvent

/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈvɛnt) /

verb (tr)

to evade or go around

to outwit

to encircle (an enemy) so as to intercept or capture

Derived forms of circumvent

circumventer or circumventor, nouncircumvention, nouncircumventive, adjective

Word Origin for circumvent

C15: from Latin circumvenīre, from circum- + venīre to come

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

circumvent

OTHER WORDS FOR circumvent

Origin of circumvent

OTHER WORDS FROM circumvent

Words nearby circumvent

Words related to circumvent

How to use circumvent in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for circumvent

Derived forms of circumvent

Word Origin for circumvent