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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•void /əˈvɔɪd/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to keep away from;
stay or keep clear of:A low-fat diet can help you avoid a heart attack. - [~ + verb-ing] to prevent from happening: She wore those shoes to avoid slipping.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•void (ə void′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to keep away from;
keep clear of;
shun:to avoid a person;to avoid taxes;to avoid danger. - to prevent from happening:to avoid falling.
- Lawto make void or of no effect;
invalidate. - [Obs.]to empty;
eject or expel.
- Anglo-French avoider, equivalent. to a- a-4 + voider to void
- Middle English avoiden 1250–30
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged elude. Avoid, escape mean to come through a potentially harmful or unpleasant experience, without suffering serious consequences. To avoid is to succeed in keeping away from something dangerous or undesirable:to avoid meeting an enemy.Escape suggests encountering peril but coming through it safely:to escape drowning.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged confront, face, encounter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: avoid /əˈvɔɪd/ vb (transitive)- to keep out of the way of
- to refrain from doing
- to prevent from happening: to avoid damage to machinery
- to make (a plea, contract, etc) void; invalidate; quash
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French avoider, from Old French esvuidier, from vuidier to empty, voidaˈvoidable adj aˈvoidably adv aˈvoider n |