evade
Americanverb (used with object)
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to escape from by trickery or cleverness.
to evade one's pursuers.
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to get around by trickery.
to evade rules.
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to avoid doing or fulfilling.
to evade an obligation.
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to avoid answering directly.
to evade a question.
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The solution evaded him.
verb (used without object)
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to avoid doing or fulfilling something.
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to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.
verb
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to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc); escape
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to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc)
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(also intr) to avoid answering (a question)
Related Words
See escape.
Other Word Forms
- evadable adjective
- evader noun
- evadible adjective
- evadingly adverb
- nonevadable adjective
- nonevadible adjective
- nonevading adjective
- nonevadingly adverb
- preevade verb (used with object)
- unevadable adjective
- unevaded adjective
- unevadible adjective
- unevading adjective
Etymology
Origin of evade
First recorded in 1505–15; from Latin ēvādere “to pass over, go out,” equivalent to ē- “out of, from” + vādere “to go, walk” e- 1
Example Sentences
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Inquiries are ongoing to identify those who may have assisted Boakye to evade capture.
From BBC
The drone evaded U.S. air defenses by flying slow and low, highlighting challenges against such threats.
But how does one set out to write a biography about the creation of an author who not only can’t be reached, but actively evades the spotlight?
From Los Angeles Times
Murrin did not intend to evade taxes when she hired the accountant to prepare her return back in 1993, government lawyers have acknowledged.
From MarketWatch
"We commit to strengthening our detection systems to better prevent attempts to evade our safeguards and prioritize identifying the highest risk offenders," the company wrote.
From BBC
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