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evade
[ih-veyd]
verb (used with object)
to escape from by trickery or cleverness.
to evade one's pursuers.
to get around by trickery.
to evade rules.
to avoid doing or fulfilling.
to evade an obligation.
to avoid answering directly.
to evade a question.
The solution evaded him.
verb (used without object)
to avoid doing or fulfilling something.
to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.
evade
/ ɪˈveɪd /
verb
to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc); escape
to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc)
(also intr) to avoid answering (a question)
Other Word Forms
- evadable adjective
- evadingly adverb
- evader noun
- evadible adjective
- nonevadable adjective
- nonevadible adjective
- nonevading adjective
- nonevadingly adverb
- preevade verb (used with object)
- unevadable adjective
- unevaded adjective
- unevadible adjective
- unevading adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of evade1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Federal agents had previously tried to arrest Parias, according to the complaint, but he evaded capture.
Thousands have attempted to leave illegally each year, sometimes risking their lives, in an effort to evade possible military mobilisation.
He contended Puech is now trying to evade responsibility in order to placate his family.
Everyone on board - including Pahlawan - was asked who the captain was and, according to US prosecutors, Pahlawan "simply evaded, lied, and hid".
If the global emissions pricing system was adopted, it would become difficult to evade, even for the United States.
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