Definition of Evade in English :

Define Evade in English

Evade meaning in English

Meaning of Evade in English

Pronunciation of Evade in English

Evade pronunciation in English

Pronounce Evade in English

Evade

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Verb

1. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Example Sentences:
'He dodged the issue'
'she skirted the problem'
'They tend to evade their responsibilities'
'he evaded the questions skillfully'

2. bilk, elude, evade

escape, either physically or mentally

Example Sentences:
'The thief eluded the police'
'This difficult idea seems to evade her'
'The event evades explanation'

3. evade

practice evasion

Example Sentences:
'This man always hesitates and evades'

4. evade

use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

Example Sentences:
'The con man always evades'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Evade

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verb (mainly tr)
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)

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Evade

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verb intransitiveWord forms: eˈvaded or eˈvading
1.  Rare
to escape; get away
2. 
to be deceitful or clever in avoiding or escaping something; use evasion
verb transitive
3. 
to avoid or escape from by deceit or cleverness; elude
to evade a pursuer
4. 
to avoid doing or answering directly; get around; get out of
to evade a question, to evade payment of a tax

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Evade

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v. e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing, e·vades
v.tr.
1. To escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or deceit: managed to evade their pursuers; went underground in order to evade arrest.
2.
a. To avoid complying with or fulfilling: evade the draft; evaded any legal responsibility.
b. To fail to make payment of (taxes).
3. To avoid giving a direct answer to: talked at length but evaded the interviewer's question.
4. To be beyond the memory or understanding of: The point of the article evades me.
v.intr.
1. To use cleverness or deceit in avoiding or escaping something.
2. To avoid complying with or fulfilling a requirement.

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