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verb (used with object), e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing. 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.
to elude; escape: The solution evaded him.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object), e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing. to avoid doing or fulfilling something.
to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.
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” see e-1
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synonym study for evade 1 . See escape.
OTHER WORDS FROM evade e·vad·a·ble, e·vad·i·ble, adjective e·vad·er, noun e·vad·ing·ly, adverb non·e·vad·a·ble, adjective
non·e·vad·i·ble, adjective non·e·vad·ing, adjective non·e·vad·ing·ly, adverb pre·e·vade, verb (used with object), pre·e·vad·ed, pre·e·vad·ing. un·e·vad·a·ble, adjective un·e·vad·ed, adjective un·e·vad·i·ble, adjective un·e·vad·ing, adjective
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH evade avoid, evade Words nearby evade evacuant, evacuate, evacuation, evacuator, evacuee, evade , Evadne, evaginate, evagination, evaluate, evaluation
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Example sentences from the Web for evade Our mockery of celebworld helps us evade the soul-crushing decadence concealed within.
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One gets the sense that they are wearing a mask to confuse their readers, and even to evade them.
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They have blocked vehicle access, but pedestrians have managed to evade them.
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Powers had no chance to evade it, and bailed out as his U-2 spun down to earth.
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He managed to evade capture by American and Iraqi forces and has been in hiding pretty much since then.
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The old man's amusing attempts to evade their vigilance are frustrated, whereupon he calls for assistance.
Authors of Greece | T. W. Lumb
It is of no use for us to think to evade this law; neither is it a law wholly of retribution.
Hetty's Strange History | Anonymous
He frequently pursues and attacks hunters; and no animal, whose swiftness or art is not superior to his own, can evade him.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XVI | Various
Some parents have not courage to face the case themselves, and evade the painful thought from day to day.
Household Education | Harriet Martineau
The coyote doubled to evade the snapping jaws of the foremost dog, and as he turned another struck him.
The Yellow Horde | Hal G. Evarts
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British Dictionary definitions for evade verb (mainly tr) 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)
Derived forms of evade evadable , adjective evader , noun evadingly , adverb Word Origin for evade C16: from French évader, from Latin ēvādere to go forth, from vādere to go
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