Definition of elude in English:

elude

verb ɪˈl(j)uːdiˈlud

[with object]

1Escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way.
he tried to elude the security men by sneaking through a back door
Example sentencesExamples
- It is Meredith who unwittingly brings Tom Ripley crashing to earth when it seems that he has eluded danger and gotten away without punishment for his dark deeds.
- Miraculously, the group of 15 Indians managed to elude the dragnet that was forming and escaped with the aid of local residents.
- The gang have managed to elude pursuit by the garda helicopter by escaping through the roads around Dublin Airport where there is a no-fly zone, a Garda source said.
- Following him as he assumes Greenleaf's personality and attempts to elude his pursuers after the murder is a riveting yet slightly chilly exercise.
- These fey are also particularly good at eluding their enemies, making them extremely difficult to find.
- Physical strength is useless without not only a purpose, but also agility and lightening speed in order to elude enemies.
- White-skinned and English-speaking, she manages to elude the fate of other illegal arrivals to our shores.
- These were the exact feelings of Joseph Smith who quickly eluded his pursuers.
- Even if he did manage to elude all of the security systems, finding Jordan would be like looking for a particularly small needle in an unusually large haystack.
- He looked up the slope behind him, certain to have eluded his enemy, not having left a single track in the snow.
- Drug mules, long agreed by all as the real carriers of weapons of mass destruction, routinely elude the army, security guards and high-tech scanners.
- Afghan members of AQT may be familiar with the countless unmapped paths that enabled the anti-Soviet guerrillas to elude their enemies.
- The quarry twisted, turned and doubled back at speed in an attempt to elude its pursuer.
- For the next ten days, sometimes literally slipping through the fingers of the army that pursued him, Cortez eluded his captors.
- Padilla should not be exempt from detention simply because he managed to elude capture and make his way to this country.
- The most important thing to do now was to second guess their pursuers and elude capture.
- To do that, the man who survived the wrath of the Chancellor must now elude the pitfalls set by the students of Edinburgh, and his own eloquent pen.
- Most of the party's leading members who have so far managed to elude arrest are either in hiding in Nepal or have escaped to neighboring India.
- In early runs of the game, Riper was asked to play the enemy and attempt to elude the U.S. planners.
- He, however, managed to elude them, as he was a master of disguise, and almost everywhere he went he had supporters who hid him.
Synonyms
evade, avoid, get away from, dodge, flee, escape (from), run (away) from
lose, duck, shake off, give the slip to, slip away from, throw off the scent
informal slip through someone's fingers, slip through the net
archaic circumvent, bilk
1. 1.1 Avoid compliance with (a law or penalty)
  we need to ensure that bad cases do not elude tough penalties
  Example sentencesExamples
  Obviously the first conception can breed bureaucrats who are adept at figuring out ways to elude the law (it also explains Italian drivers).
2(of an achievement or something desired) fail to be attained by (someone)
sleep still eluded her
Example sentencesExamples
- Desire lingers even if that which we desire forever eludes us, forever remains beyond embodiment.
- One achievement which continues to elude James is a steady girlfriend.
- Somehow popular success has eluded him, but his recent live performance CD Courier should have brought him prominently into the spotlight.
- If victory eludes them then they will have to rely on Old Crossleyans beating Old Brodlieans.
- In that briefest of brief moments victory had eluded Mount Sion.
- There are those people who feel that success may elude them if they do come out.
- In the end, if some of Smith's ambitions elude him, it is perhaps because they are so grand.
- Maybe in death Wellstone will be able to achieve what eluded him in life.
- Yet four years into the second Chechen war, victory still eludes Russia, and there are signs that the upheaval is spilling into Ingushetia and Dagestan.
- The outstanding grades that Jill Gamble easily achieved in high school eluded her during her first semester at Ohio State University.
- That probably meant that sleep had eluded her as well.
- It is another of those nights when sleep eludes me and I am restless both mentally and physically.
- He then tackled the Caledonians, victory narrowly eluding him in the sixth season but being won at a great battle late in the seventh, mons Graupius, probably September 83.
- There again he assumed an easy victory and had no back-up plan when success eluded him.
- But All-Ireland success eluded him on both occasions.
- Oftentimes, achieving a major goal eludes us because we want to make huge leaps from reality to the dream without making our lives congruent with the main goal we set for ourselves.
- While success eluded him this time, Paddy looks forward to competing in the track and field championships in Tullamore in the summer.
- Thereafter, my conscience is so laden with guilt that sleep continues to elude me for a further six weeks.
- While ultimately victory eluded the local side it should in no way deter the players and their coach Michael Carew in seeking to go all the way next year.
- It is said that a greater achievement eluded him.
1. 2.1 (of an idea or fact) fail to be understood or remembered by (someone)
  the logic of this eluded most people
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some of the more technical details eluded him, but he understood most of what his companions were saying.
  While the solution to this mystery eludes us, the facts are evident, and we would be wise to adapt to them.
  Opening anything out in the middle of nowhere is not a smart way to insure a steady income, a fact that may have eluded Ray when he opened the store but is certainly now well aware of.
  The plan, whose details elude me at the moment, had a lot to do with the improvised use of a sewing kit by a crack team of ninja assassins.
  How has such a simple fact eluded scientists and mystics alike for so many millennia?
  This aspect of the opinion has eluded scholars, who focus on its partisan and racist character.
  It's almost recognizable, but understanding of it eludes me.
  This fact eludes numerous media members who have been attracted to Napster's deals with Penn State and the University of Rochester.
  We now have a transparent reimbursement system that gushes forth so much information that genuine understanding often still eludes us.
  However, one important fact has eluded you: If you take this job, how much will you be paid?
  For some strange reason, which eluded Adam's understanding, he was enjoying this.
  Okay, cheap shot, but Dickson carries such an air of efficiency that you can't believe she would let these details elude her.
  Let me point out to the member a little fact that may have eluded him, because he is so tied up in the Labour spin machine.
  Nick practically bounded ahead of me, the concept of pace eluding him.
  This fact, which had eluded historians, was recorded on the back of the photograph.
  This fact sometimes eludes the people writing about it.
  The details of each turtle elude me, but one in particular stands out in my mind.
  Why did these ideas elude our great genius Muslim scholars of earlier times?
  I tried to explain that he could just look at the scoreboard, but after about the third time I realized that concept still eluded the tyke.
  Love is a concept that seems to elude music critics everywhere.

Derivatives

elusion

noun ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)nəˈluʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The action of escaping from or avoiding a danger, enemy, or pursuer, typically in a skilful or cunning way.
his skills of elusion
1. 1.1 The action of avoiding compliance with a law or penalty.
Example sentencesExamples
- his continued elusion of the authorities frustrated the President
- count noun a lengthy trail of elusions and sidesteps
- After progressing along a lengthy celluloid trail of elusions, revelations, and double-back sidesteps, it would appear that the strange case of Mr. Ozon's filmographic trajectory is finally drawing to a close.
- In fact, ultimately there is a dissatisfying, unanswered yearning come the dénouement, which has far less symbolic impact and far more narrative elusion than Martel would have you believe.
- Vagueness was his specialty and elusion was his trade.
- provisions aimed at preventing fiscal evasion and elusion
- as modifier the tax elusion scheme was discovered during a targeted fiscal inquiry

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense 'delude, baffle'): from Latin eludere, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out, away from' + ludere 'to play'.

Rhymes

allude, brood, collude, conclude, crude, delude, dude, étude, exclude, extrude, exude, feud, food, illude, include, intrude, Jude, lewd, mood, nude, obtrude, occlude, Oudh, preclude, protrude, prude, pseud, pultrude, rood, rude, seclude, shrewd, snood, transude, unglued, unsubdued, who'd, you'd

Definition of elude in US English:

elude

verbēˈlo͞odiˈlud

[with object]

1Evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.
he managed to elude his pursuers by escaping into an alley
Example sentencesExamples
- White-skinned and English-speaking, she manages to elude the fate of other illegal arrivals to our shores.
- He looked up the slope behind him, certain to have eluded his enemy, not having left a single track in the snow.
- It is Meredith who unwittingly brings Tom Ripley crashing to earth when it seems that he has eluded danger and gotten away without punishment for his dark deeds.
- The quarry twisted, turned and doubled back at speed in an attempt to elude its pursuer.
- The most important thing to do now was to second guess their pursuers and elude capture.
- Miraculously, the group of 15 Indians managed to elude the dragnet that was forming and escaped with the aid of local residents.
- He, however, managed to elude them, as he was a master of disguise, and almost everywhere he went he had supporters who hid him.
- Most of the party's leading members who have so far managed to elude arrest are either in hiding in Nepal or have escaped to neighboring India.
- In early runs of the game, Riper was asked to play the enemy and attempt to elude the U.S. planners.
- Following him as he assumes Greenleaf's personality and attempts to elude his pursuers after the murder is a riveting yet slightly chilly exercise.
- Even if he did manage to elude all of the security systems, finding Jordan would be like looking for a particularly small needle in an unusually large haystack.
- The gang have managed to elude pursuit by the garda helicopter by escaping through the roads around Dublin Airport where there is a no-fly zone, a Garda source said.
- These fey are also particularly good at eluding their enemies, making them extremely difficult to find.
- Drug mules, long agreed by all as the real carriers of weapons of mass destruction, routinely elude the army, security guards and high-tech scanners.
- To do that, the man who survived the wrath of the Chancellor must now elude the pitfalls set by the students of Edinburgh, and his own eloquent pen.
- For the next ten days, sometimes literally slipping through the fingers of the army that pursued him, Cortez eluded his captors.
- Physical strength is useless without not only a purpose, but also agility and lightening speed in order to elude enemies.
- Padilla should not be exempt from detention simply because he managed to elude capture and make his way to this country.
- Afghan members of AQT may be familiar with the countless unmapped paths that enabled the anti-Soviet guerrillas to elude their enemies.
- These were the exact feelings of Joseph Smith who quickly eluded his pursuers.
Synonyms
evade, avoid, get away from, dodge, flee, escape, escape from, run from, run away from
1. 1.1 (of an idea or fact) fail to be grasped or remembered by (someone)
  the logic of this eluded most people
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some of the more technical details eluded him, but he understood most of what his companions were saying.
  While the solution to this mystery eludes us, the facts are evident, and we would be wise to adapt to them.
  How has such a simple fact eluded scientists and mystics alike for so many millennia?
  For some strange reason, which eluded Adam's understanding, he was enjoying this.
  Nick practically bounded ahead of me, the concept of pace eluding him.
  Love is a concept that seems to elude music critics everywhere.
  The details of each turtle elude me, but one in particular stands out in my mind.
  I tried to explain that he could just look at the scoreboard, but after about the third time I realized that concept still eluded the tyke.
  However, one important fact has eluded you: If you take this job, how much will you be paid?
  Okay, cheap shot, but Dickson carries such an air of efficiency that you can't believe she would let these details elude her.
  It's almost recognizable, but understanding of it eludes me.
  Why did these ideas elude our great genius Muslim scholars of earlier times?
  We now have a transparent reimbursement system that gushes forth so much information that genuine understanding often still eludes us.
  This aspect of the opinion has eluded scholars, who focus on its partisan and racist character.
  This fact eludes numerous media members who have been attracted to Napster's deals with Penn State and the University of Rochester.
  Opening anything out in the middle of nowhere is not a smart way to insure a steady income, a fact that may have eluded Ray when he opened the store but is certainly now well aware of.
  This fact sometimes eludes the people writing about it.
  This fact, which had eluded historians, was recorded on the back of the photograph.
  The plan, whose details elude me at the moment, had a lot to do with the improvised use of a sewing kit by a crack team of ninja assassins.
  Let me point out to the member a little fact that may have eluded him, because he is so tied up in the Labour spin machine.
2. 1.2 (of an achievement, or something desired or pursued) fail to be attained by (someone)
  sleep still eluded her
  Example sentencesExamples
  There again he assumed an easy victory and had no back-up plan when success eluded him.
  One achievement which continues to elude James is a steady girlfriend.
  Desire lingers even if that which we desire forever eludes us, forever remains beyond embodiment.
  That probably meant that sleep had eluded her as well.
  Somehow popular success has eluded him, but his recent live performance CD Courier should have brought him prominently into the spotlight.
  It is another of those nights when sleep eludes me and I am restless both mentally and physically.
  While success eluded him this time, Paddy looks forward to competing in the track and field championships in Tullamore in the summer.
  The outstanding grades that Jill Gamble easily achieved in high school eluded her during her first semester at Ohio State University.
  Thereafter, my conscience is so laden with guilt that sleep continues to elude me for a further six weeks.
  While ultimately victory eluded the local side it should in no way deter the players and their coach Michael Carew in seeking to go all the way next year.
  Maybe in death Wellstone will be able to achieve what eluded him in life.
  There are those people who feel that success may elude them if they do come out.
  He then tackled the Caledonians, victory narrowly eluding him in the sixth season but being won at a great battle late in the seventh, mons Graupius, probably September 83.
  Yet four years into the second Chechen war, victory still eludes Russia, and there are signs that the upheaval is spilling into Ingushetia and Dagestan.
  But All-Ireland success eluded him on both occasions.
  In the end, if some of Smith's ambitions elude him, it is perhaps because they are so grand.
  Oftentimes, achieving a major goal eludes us because we want to make huge leaps from reality to the dream without making our lives congruent with the main goal we set for ourselves.
  In that briefest of brief moments victory had eluded Mount Sion.
  It is said that a greater achievement eluded him.
  If victory eludes them then they will have to rely on Old Crossleyans beating Old Brodlieans.
3. 1.3 Avoid compliance with or subjection to (a law, demand, or penalty).
  Example sentencesExamples
  Obviously the first conception can breed bureaucrats who are adept at figuring out ways to elude the law (it also explains Italian drivers).

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘delude, baffle’): from Latin eludere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away from’ + ludere ‘to play’.

单词	elude
释义	Definition of elude in English: elude verb ɪˈl(j)uːdiˈlud [with object] 1Escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way. he tried to elude the security men by sneaking through a back door Example sentencesExamples It is Meredith who unwittingly brings Tom Ripley crashing to earth when it seems that he has eluded danger and gotten away without punishment for his dark deeds. Miraculously, the group of 15 Indians managed to elude the dragnet that was forming and escaped with the aid of local residents. The gang have managed to elude pursuit by the garda helicopter by escaping through the roads around Dublin Airport where there is a no-fly zone, a Garda source said. Following him as he assumes Greenleaf's personality and attempts to elude his pursuers after the murder is a riveting yet slightly chilly exercise. These fey are also particularly good at eluding their enemies, making them extremely difficult to find. Physical strength is useless without not only a purpose, but also agility and lightening speed in order to elude enemies. White-skinned and English-speaking, she manages to elude the fate of other illegal arrivals to our shores. These were the exact feelings of Joseph Smith who quickly eluded his pursuers. Even if he did manage to elude all of the security systems, finding Jordan would be like looking for a particularly small needle in an unusually large haystack. He looked up the slope behind him, certain to have eluded his enemy, not having left a single track in the snow. Drug mules, long agreed by all as the real carriers of weapons of mass destruction, routinely elude the army, security guards and high-tech scanners. Afghan members of AQT may be familiar with the countless unmapped paths that enabled the anti-Soviet guerrillas to elude their enemies. The quarry twisted, turned and doubled back at speed in an attempt to elude its pursuer. For the next ten days, sometimes literally slipping through the fingers of the army that pursued him, Cortez eluded his captors. Padilla should not be exempt from detention simply because he managed to elude capture and make his way to this country. The most important thing to do now was to second guess their pursuers and elude capture. To do that, the man who survived the wrath of the Chancellor must now elude the pitfalls set by the students of Edinburgh, and his own eloquent pen. Most of the party's leading members who have so far managed to elude arrest are either in hiding in Nepal or have escaped to neighboring India. In early runs of the game, Riper was asked to play the enemy and attempt to elude the U.S. planners. He, however, managed to elude them, as he was a master of disguise, and almost everywhere he went he had supporters who hid him. Synonyms evade, avoid, get away from, dodge, flee, escape (from), run (away) from lose, duck, shake off, give the slip to, slip away from, throw off the scent informal slip through someone's fingers, slip through the net archaic circumvent, bilk 1.1 Avoid compliance with (a law or penalty) we need to ensure that bad cases do not elude tough penalties Example sentencesExamples Obviously the first conception can breed bureaucrats who are adept at figuring out ways to elude the law (it also explains Italian drivers). 2(of an achievement or something desired) fail to be attained by (someone) sleep still eluded her Example sentencesExamples Desire lingers even if that which we desire forever eludes us, forever remains beyond embodiment. One achievement which continues to elude James is a steady girlfriend. Somehow popular success has eluded him, but his recent live performance CD Courier should have brought him prominently into the spotlight. If victory eludes them then they will have to rely on Old Crossleyans beating Old Brodlieans. In that briefest of brief moments victory had eluded Mount Sion. There are those people who feel that success may elude them if they do come out. In the end, if some of Smith's ambitions elude him, it is perhaps because they are so grand. Maybe in death Wellstone will be able to achieve what eluded him in life. Yet four years into the second Chechen war, victory still eludes Russia, and there are signs that the upheaval is spilling into Ingushetia and Dagestan. The outstanding grades that Jill Gamble easily achieved in high school eluded her during her first semester at Ohio State University. That probably meant that sleep had eluded her as well. It is another of those nights when sleep eludes me and I am restless both mentally and physically. He then tackled the Caledonians, victory narrowly eluding him in the sixth season but being won at a great battle late in the seventh, mons Graupius, probably September 83. There again he assumed an easy victory and had no back-up plan when success eluded him. But All-Ireland success eluded him on both occasions. Oftentimes, achieving a major goal eludes us because we want to make huge leaps from reality to the dream without making our lives congruent with the main goal we set for ourselves. While success eluded him this time, Paddy looks forward to competing in the track and field championships in Tullamore in the summer. Thereafter, my conscience is so laden with guilt that sleep continues to elude me for a further six weeks. While ultimately victory eluded the local side it should in no way deter the players and their coach Michael Carew in seeking to go all the way next year. It is said that a greater achievement eluded him. 2.1 (of an idea or fact) fail to be understood or remembered by (someone) the logic of this eluded most people Example sentencesExamples Some of the more technical details eluded him, but he understood most of what his companions were saying. While the solution to this mystery eludes us, the facts are evident, and we would be wise to adapt to them. Opening anything out in the middle of nowhere is not a smart way to insure a steady income, a fact that may have eluded Ray when he opened the store but is certainly now well aware of. The plan, whose details elude me at the moment, had a lot to do with the improvised use of a sewing kit by a crack team of ninja assassins. How has such a simple fact eluded scientists and mystics alike for so many millennia? This aspect of the opinion has eluded scholars, who focus on its partisan and racist character. It's almost recognizable, but understanding of it eludes me. This fact eludes numerous media members who have been attracted to Napster's deals with Penn State and the University of Rochester. We now have a transparent reimbursement system that gushes forth so much information that genuine understanding often still eludes us. However, one important fact has eluded you: If you take this job, how much will you be paid? For some strange reason, which eluded Adam's understanding, he was enjoying this. Okay, cheap shot, but Dickson carries such an air of efficiency that you can't believe she would let these details elude her. Let me point out to the member a little fact that may have eluded him, because he is so tied up in the Labour spin machine. Nick practically bounded ahead of me, the concept of pace eluding him. This fact, which had eluded historians, was recorded on the back of the photograph. This fact sometimes eludes the people writing about it. The details of each turtle elude me, but one in particular stands out in my mind. Why did these ideas elude our great genius Muslim scholars of earlier times? I tried to explain that he could just look at the scoreboard, but after about the third time I realized that concept still eluded the tyke. Love is a concept that seems to elude music critics everywhere. Derivatives elusion noun ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)nəˈluʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The action of escaping from or avoiding a danger, enemy, or pursuer, typically in a skilful or cunning way. his skills of elusion 1.1 The action of avoiding compliance with a law or penalty. Example sentencesExamples his continued elusion of the authorities frustrated the President count noun a lengthy trail of elusions and sidesteps After progressing along a lengthy celluloid trail of elusions, revelations, and double-back sidesteps, it would appear that the strange case of Mr. Ozon's filmographic trajectory is finally drawing to a close. In fact, ultimately there is a dissatisfying, unanswered yearning come the dénouement, which has far less symbolic impact and far more narrative elusion than Martel would have you believe. Vagueness was his specialty and elusion was his trade. provisions aimed at preventing fiscal evasion and elusion as modifier the tax elusion scheme was discovered during a targeted fiscal inquiry Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense 'delude, baffle'): from Latin eludere, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out, away from' + ludere 'to play'. Rhymes allude, brood, collude, conclude, crude, delude, dude, étude, exclude, extrude, exude, feud, food, illude, include, intrude, Jude, lewd, mood, nude, obtrude, occlude, Oudh, preclude, protrude, prude, pseud, pultrude, rood, rude, seclude, shrewd, snood, transude, unglued, unsubdued, who'd, you'd Definition of elude in US English: elude verbēˈlo͞odiˈlud [with object] 1Evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way. he managed to elude his pursuers by escaping into an alley Example sentencesExamples White-skinned and English-speaking, she manages to elude the fate of other illegal arrivals to our shores. He looked up the slope behind him, certain to have eluded his enemy, not having left a single track in the snow. It is Meredith who unwittingly brings Tom Ripley crashing to earth when it seems that he has eluded danger and gotten away without punishment for his dark deeds. The quarry twisted, turned and doubled back at speed in an attempt to elude its pursuer. The most important thing to do now was to second guess their pursuers and elude capture. Miraculously, the group of 15 Indians managed to elude the dragnet that was forming and escaped with the aid of local residents. He, however, managed to elude them, as he was a master of disguise, and almost everywhere he went he had supporters who hid him. Most of the party's leading members who have so far managed to elude arrest are either in hiding in Nepal or have escaped to neighboring India. In early runs of the game, Riper was asked to play the enemy and attempt to elude the U.S. planners. Following him as he assumes Greenleaf's personality and attempts to elude his pursuers after the murder is a riveting yet slightly chilly exercise. Even if he did manage to elude all of the security systems, finding Jordan would be like looking for a particularly small needle in an unusually large haystack. The gang have managed to elude pursuit by the garda helicopter by escaping through the roads around Dublin Airport where there is a no-fly zone, a Garda source said. These fey are also particularly good at eluding their enemies, making them extremely difficult to find. Drug mules, long agreed by all as the real carriers of weapons of mass destruction, routinely elude the army, security guards and high-tech scanners. To do that, the man who survived the wrath of the Chancellor must now elude the pitfalls set by the students of Edinburgh, and his own eloquent pen. For the next ten days, sometimes literally slipping through the fingers of the army that pursued him, Cortez eluded his captors. Physical strength is useless without not only a purpose, but also agility and lightening speed in order to elude enemies. Padilla should not be exempt from detention simply because he managed to elude capture and make his way to this country. Afghan members of AQT may be familiar with the countless unmapped paths that enabled the anti-Soviet guerrillas to elude their enemies. These were the exact feelings of Joseph Smith who quickly eluded his pursuers. Synonyms evade, avoid, get away from, dodge, flee, escape, escape from, run from, run away from 1.1 (of an idea or fact) fail to be grasped or remembered by (someone) the logic of this eluded most people Example sentencesExamples Some of the more technical details eluded him, but he understood most of what his companions were saying. While the solution to this mystery eludes us, the facts are evident, and we would be wise to adapt to them. How has such a simple fact eluded scientists and mystics alike for so many millennia? For some strange reason, which eluded Adam's understanding, he was enjoying this. Nick practically bounded ahead of me, the concept of pace eluding him. Love is a concept that seems to elude music critics everywhere. The details of each turtle elude me, but one in particular stands out in my mind. I tried to explain that he could just look at the scoreboard, but after about the third time I realized that concept still eluded the tyke. However, one important fact has eluded you: If you take this job, how much will you be paid? Okay, cheap shot, but Dickson carries such an air of efficiency that you can't believe she would let these details elude her. It's almost recognizable, but understanding of it eludes me. Why did these ideas elude our great genius Muslim scholars of earlier times? We now have a transparent reimbursement system that gushes forth so much information that genuine understanding often still eludes us. This aspect of the opinion has eluded scholars, who focus on its partisan and racist character. This fact eludes numerous media members who have been attracted to Napster's deals with Penn State and the University of Rochester. Opening anything out in the middle of nowhere is not a smart way to insure a steady income, a fact that may have eluded Ray when he opened the store but is certainly now well aware of. This fact sometimes eludes the people writing about it. This fact, which had eluded historians, was recorded on the back of the photograph. The plan, whose details elude me at the moment, had a lot to do with the improvised use of a sewing kit by a crack team of ninja assassins. Let me point out to the member a little fact that may have eluded him, because he is so tied up in the Labour spin machine. 1.2 (of an achievement, or something desired or pursued) fail to be attained by (someone) sleep still eluded her Example sentencesExamples There again he assumed an easy victory and had no back-up plan when success eluded him. One achievement which continues to elude James is a steady girlfriend. Desire lingers even if that which we desire forever eludes us, forever remains beyond embodiment. That probably meant that sleep had eluded her as well. Somehow popular success has eluded him, but his recent live performance CD Courier should have brought him prominently into the spotlight. It is another of those nights when sleep eludes me and I am restless both mentally and physically. While success eluded him this time, Paddy looks forward to competing in the track and field championships in Tullamore in the summer. The outstanding grades that Jill Gamble easily achieved in high school eluded her during her first semester at Ohio State University. Thereafter, my conscience is so laden with guilt that sleep continues to elude me for a further six weeks. While ultimately victory eluded the local side it should in no way deter the players and their coach Michael Carew in seeking to go all the way next year. Maybe in death Wellstone will be able to achieve what eluded him in life. There are those people who feel that success may elude them if they do come out. He then tackled the Caledonians, victory narrowly eluding him in the sixth season but being won at a great battle late in the seventh, mons Graupius, probably September 83. Yet four years into the second Chechen war, victory still eludes Russia, and there are signs that the upheaval is spilling into Ingushetia and Dagestan. But All-Ireland success eluded him on both occasions. In the end, if some of Smith's ambitions elude him, it is perhaps because they are so grand. Oftentimes, achieving a major goal eludes us because we want to make huge leaps from reality to the dream without making our lives congruent with the main goal we set for ourselves. In that briefest of brief moments victory had eluded Mount Sion. It is said that a greater achievement eluded him. If victory eludes them then they will have to rely on Old Crossleyans beating Old Brodlieans. 1.3 Avoid compliance with or subjection to (a law, demand, or penalty). Example sentencesExamples Obviously the first conception can breed bureaucrats who are adept at figuring out ways to elude the law (it also explains Italian drivers). Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘delude, baffle’): from Latin eludere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away from’ + ludere ‘to play’.
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