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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cir•cum•vent /ˌsɜrkəmˈvɛnt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to go around or bypass: to circumvent a traffic jam by taking another route.
- to avoid (a problem, etc.) by tricks: She circumvented the rule against bribes by demanding and receiving high "consultant fees.''
cir•cum•vent•er, cir•cum•ven•tor, n. [countable]cir•cum•ven•tion, n. [uncountable]See -ven-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cir•cum•vent (sûr′kəm vent′, sûr′kəm vent′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to go around or bypass:to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception;
avoid by anticipating or outwitting:He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements. - to surround or encompass, as by stratagem;
entrap:to circumvent a body of enemy troops.
- Latin circumventus (past participle of circumvenīre to come around, surround, oppress, defraud), equivalent. to circum- circum- + ven(īre) to come + -tus past participle suffix
- 1545–55
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged escape, elude, evade, outwit.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged encircle; ensnare.
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