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избегать, избежать, уклоняться, избежание

глагол ↓

- избегать, сторониться, уклоняться

to avoid smb. — избегать /сторониться/ кого-л.
to avoid danger [an accident] — избежать опасности [уберечься от несчастного случая]
to avoid doing smth. — избегать чего-л. /делать что-л./, уклоняться от чего-л.
he couldn’t avoid uttering his opinion — ему пришлось высказать своё мнение
to avoid some place — стараться не бывать где-л.

- юр. отменять, аннулировать; делать недействительным

to avoid a sentence — отменять приговор
to avoid an agreement [a document] — аннулировать соглашение [документ]

- уст. опорожнять, освобождать

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

in an effort to avoid confusion — в стремлении избежать путаницы
using clear language to avoid misunderstandings — используя понятный язык, чтобы избежать недоразумений
to avoid collision — избежать столкновения
a fatality that it was hopeless to avoid — судьба, которой нельзя было избежать
to avoid ambiguity — избежать неясности, двусмысленности
in order to avoid — во избежание
to avoid like / as the plague — бояться, бежать как от огня
to avoid / shun publicity — избегать гласности, огласки
to avoid publicity — сохранять инкогнито
to avoid the world — скрываться от людей
to avoid action — уклоняться от боя
to avoid law — обойти закон

Примеры с переводом

I try to avoid fatty foods.

Я стараюсь не есть жирную пищу. / Я стараюсь избегать жирного.

Why do you keep avoiding me?

Почему ты продолжаешь меня избегать?

Let’s avoid a confrontation.

Давайте избегать конфронтации.

She managed to avoid being punished.

Ей удалось избежать наказания.

They successfully avoided each other for days.

Они успешно избегали друг друга несколько дней.

Everyone seemed to be avoiding Nick.

Все как будто избегали Ника.

One could hardly avoid noticing him.

Его трудно было не заметить.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

…being abstemious diners, they avoid restaurants with all-you-can-eat buffets…

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Возможные однокоренные слова

avoidable — такой, которого можно избежать
avoidance — избежание, уклонение, отмена, аннулирование, упразднение, аннуляция
avoidant — замкнутый, неконтактный, замкнутый человек
avoidless — неизбежный, неотвратимый

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: avoid
he/she/it: avoids
ing ф. (present participle): avoiding
2-я ф. (past tense): avoided
3-я ф. (past participle): avoided

Источник

transitive verb

: to keep away from : shun

They have been avoiding me.

: to prevent the occurrence or effectiveness of

archaic

: to depart or withdraw from : leave

Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for avoid

escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away from something.

escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious intent.

nothing escapes her sharp eyes

avoid stresses forethought and caution in keeping clear of danger or difficulty.

evade implies adroitness, ingenuity, or lack of scruple in escaping or avoiding.

evaded the question by changing the subject

elude implies a slippery or baffling quality in the person or thing that escapes.

what she sees in him eludes me

shun often implies an avoiding as a matter of habitual practice or policy and may imply repugnance or abhorrence.

you have shunned your responsibilities

eschew implies an avoiding or abstaining from as unwise or distasteful.

a playwright who eschews melodrama

Example Sentences

Why do you keep avoiding me?

She took a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.

They successfully avoided each other for days.

He tried hard to avoid accidents.

We need to avoid further delays.

He was caught trying to avoid arrest.

in an effort to avoid confusion

I’m not going to be late if I can avoid it.

How can I avoid paying too much tax?

I am trying to avoid showing any hint of favoritism.

Recent Examples on the Web

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Asked about Putin’s comments about Belarus on Monday, China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning, reiterated Beijing’s stance, calling for a political settlement in Ukraine and avoiding a nuclear crisis.

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Grand juries meet in secret to allow witnesses to testify freely and avoid any interference for jurors.

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Updating contact information with the Alaska Division of Public Assistance can help the Medicaid renewal process go more smoothly and avoid losses in health care coverage, officials say.

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Retirees who have yet to make their first mandatory retirement plan withdrawal have until the end of April 1 to do so and avoid being penalized.

—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French avoider, alteration of Old French esvuider, from es- (from Latin ex-) + vuider to empty — more at void entry 3

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler

The first known use of avoid was
in the 14th century

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Источник

avoid

əˈvɔɪd гл.
1) избегать, остерегаться, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid the world ≈ скрываться от людей to avoid action ≈ уклоняться от боя She managed to avoid being punished. ≈ Ей удалось избежать наказания. One could hardly avoid noticing him. ≈ Его трудно было не заметить. Syn : elude, escape, eschew, evade, shun Ant : catch, encounter, face, meet, seek, solicit
2) аннулировать, отменять, делать недействительным Syn : deviate, annul
3) опорожнять, освобождать

avoid аннулировать ~ юр. делать недействительным ~ избегать, сторониться ~ избегать ~ оспаривать ~ юр. отменять, аннулировать ~ отменять ~ прекращать ~ расторгать, аннулировать ~ расторгать ~ уклоняться ~ уклоняться

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь.
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avoid — vt [modification of Old French esvuider to destroy, literally, to empty, from es out + vuider to empty] 1: to make void or undo: annul the trustee may avoid any transfer of interest of the debtor in property U.S. Code 2: to respond to (an… … Law dictionary
Avoid — A*void , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avoided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Avoiding}.] [OF. esvuidier, es (L. ex) + vuidier, voidier, to empty. See {Void}, a.] 1. To empty. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
avoid — a‧void [əˈvɔɪd] verb [transitive] TAX LAW if you avoid tax, you manage to not pay it legally, for example by the way that you enter profits or losses into your accounts: • Investing in this way allows savers to avoid tax upon withdrawal. compare… … Financial and business terms
avoid — avoid; avoid·a·ble; un·avoid·abil·i·ty; avoid·ant; avoid·ance; avoid·a·bly; un·avoid·able·ness; … English syllables
avoid — [ə void′] vt. [ME avoiden < Anglo Fr avoider < OFr esvuidier, to empty < es (< L ex ), out + vuidier: see VOID] 1. to make void; annul, invalidate, or quash (a plea, etc. in law) 2. to keep away from; evade; shun [to avoid crowds] 3.… … English World dictionary
avoid — avoid, avert, evade Avoid and evade overlap in meaning, but evade has a stronger sense of guile or trickery in escaping from an obligation (such as paying income tax). Avert means ‘to turn aside’ (which is its literal meaning in averting one s… … Modern English usage
Avoid — A*void , v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To become void or vacant. [Obs.] Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
avoid — (v.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. avoider to clear out, withdraw (oneself), partially anglicized from O.Fr. esvuidier to empty out, from es out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + vuidier to be empty, from voide empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste (see VOID (Cf … Etymology dictionary
avoid — *escape, shun, eschew, evade, elude Analogous words: avert, ward, *prevent, obviate: forestall, anticipate (see PREVENT): flee, fly (see ESCAPE) Antonyms: face: meet Contrasted words: *incur, contract, catch: court, solicit, * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
avoid — [v] refrain or stay away from; prevent abstain, avert, bypass, circumlocute, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fake out*, fend off, flee, give the slip*, hide, hold off, jump, keep clear, lay… … New thesaurus
avoid — ► VERB 1) keep away or refrain from. 2) prevent from doing or happening. DERIVATIVES avoidable adjective avoidably adverb avoidance noun. ORIGIN Old French evuider clear out, get rid of … English terms dictionary

Источник

Britannica Dictionary definition of AVOID

[+ object]

to stay away from (someone or something)

Why do you keep avoiding me?
She took a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.
They successfully avoided each other for days.

to prevent the occurrence of (something bad, unpleasant, etc.)

He tried hard to avoid accidents.
We need to avoid further delays.
avoid embarrassment
He was caught trying to avoid arrest.
in an effort to avoid confusion

to keep yourself from doing (something) or participating in (something)

I’m not going to be late if I can avoid it.
How can I avoid paying too much tax?
I am trying to avoid showing any hint of favoritism.

— avoidable

/əˈvoɪdəbəl/

adjective

It was a foolish and easily avoidable accident.
an avoidable conflict/risk

Источник

Other forms: avoided; avoiding; avoids

If you avoid drinking coffee right before bed because it tends to keep you awake and makes you jittery, that means that you stay away from coffee at night.

The verb avoid means to stop yourself from doing something or to keep something from happening. You might avoid the old lady next door who smells funny and always wants to pinch your cheek, or you could avoid a certain dangerous neighborhood in your city by taking a different route when you’re walking home. It’s easy to get avoid confused with a similar word, evade, which means «to avoid in a particularly tricky or sneaky way.»

Definitions of avoid

verb

stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

“Her former friends now
avoid her”

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Antonyms:

confront, face, face up

deal with (something unpleasant) head on

confront, face, present

present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

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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)

escape, miss

fail to experience

escape, get away, get by, get off, get out

escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

bypass, get around, go around, short-circuit

avoid something unpleasant or laborious

keep off, stay off

refrain from entering or walking onto

shirk

avoid dealing with

shy away from

avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task

eschew, shun

avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

beg, beg the question

dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

quibble

evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

evade

use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
verb

refrain from doing something
verb

refrain from certain foods or beverages
verb

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

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Источник

What do we mean by avoid?

To stay clear of; go around or away from. transitive verb

To take measures so as not to meet or see (someone). transitive verb

To prevent from happening. transitive verb

To refrain from using, engaging in, or partaking of. transitive verb

To refrain from (doing something). transitive verb

To annul or make void; invalidate. transitive verb

To void or expel. transitive verb

To make void; annul; make of no effect: chiefly used in legal phraseology: as, this grant cannot be avoided without injustice to the grantee.

To empty.

To eject; throw out; drive out.

To quit; evacuate; depart from.

To shun; keep away from; eschew: as, to avoid expense, danger, or bad company.

To get rid of; get out or clear of.

Synonyms To escape, elude, evade, keep clear of.

To become void, vacant, or empty.

To retire; withdraw.

To empty. transitive verb

To emit or throw out; to void. transitive verb

To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun

To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from

To try not to do something or to have something happen

To make empty; to clear.

To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).

To defeat or evade; to invalidate.

To emit or throw out; to void.

To leave, evacuate; to leave as empty, to withdraw or come away from.

To get rid of.

To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.

To become void or vacant.

What a bullfighter tries to do. Urban Dictionary

The art of dodging things on mario kart. Urban Dictionary

A person who avoids to brush his teeth is called an avoident. Urban Dictionary

A girl, usually from the UK, who covers herself in fake tan, body glitter, false eyelashes and not much else.
A girl who goes to very expensive clubs and leaves with quite cheap guys
The girls at the beginning of Snog, Marry, Avoid Urban Dictionary

Defines a person who takes one university degree after another because they don’t know what else to do. Loves to go to school repeatedly and has father that trades stocks as a full time job.
Real aspiration in life is to become a librarian, and to avoid as many graduation ceremonies as possible. Urban Dictionary

How to avoid many things in the world:
1)Anal
A)While in prison don’t bend over to pick-up a bar of soap, get someone else to do it
B)Don’t pick up a transexual on the way home from a bar or strip-club, it’ll be very painful
C)Dont be GAY!!!
2)Ugly people(In general)
A)Don’t pick-up any ugly chicks unless your that damn desperate
B)Don’t walk into them, they may have cooties(lol)or Herpes or any STD’s known to mankind
C)Just dont talk to them
3)Death
A)Don’t walk into a fucking highway and stand there(that goes out to Joel)
B)Don’t get high on heroine and pist drunk and grab a shotgun, you’ll end up blowing your brains out
C)Don’t call a black-man a nigger
D)DOnt go swimming with fat people(Like Fidel) he has man boobs
E)Dont go to any fetish clubs, their quite painful, besides their stretch your balls to your feet
4)Listening to music you hate
A)Don’t go to any concerts that you hate, unless your going to go on stage rape the guy on the spot and burn everyone alive
B)Bring your own MP3, Ipod, or Discman, it helps turning off the world outside
C)Don’t watch Much Music, it only plays fucking Hip-Hop and Rap nowadays Urban Dictionary

Avoid is slang for sucking people off and enjoying it Urban Dictionary

While working, preferably in a retail job, you try to avoid customers all together by detouring throughout the store so you dont walk pass anyone in case the ask you for something. Urban Dictionary

«Practicing avoidance» is just a passive aggressive way of saying you were giving someone the silent treatment or ghosting them. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is fun to look at, but not worth the time to develop anything (e.g. a relationship or hookup) with. Urban Dictionary

Источник

Английский[править]

Морфологические и синтаксические свойства[править]

avoid

Глагол, правильный.

Корень: —.

Произношение[править]

МФА: [əˈvɔɪd]

Семантические свойства[править]

Значение[править]

избегать, остерегаться, сторониться, уклоняться ◆ Since the 20th century, the study of prehistory is considered essential to avoid history’s implicit exclusion of certain civilizations, such as those of Sub-Saharan Africa and pre-Columbian America. — Начиная с 20-го века изучение предыстории считается необходимым, чтобы избежать неявного исключения из истории определенных цивилизаций, таких как цивилизации Африки к югу от Сахары и доколумбовой Америки.
аннулировать, отменять; оспаривать ◆ Отсутствует пример употребления (см. рекомендации).

Синонимы[править]

elude, escape, evade, shun
deviate, annul

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Родственные слова[править]

Ближайшее родство
существительные: avoidance, avoider прилагательные: avoidable, avoidant

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Источник

avoid

elude; keep away from; shun

avoid

elude, escape; shun; prevent from happening: Avoid a possible accident by crossing only on the green light.

Not to be confused with:

evade – dodge, fence, prevaricate; to escape from or get around by trickery: She tried to evade the rules. [Evade usually has a negative connotation. It means to elude by craft or slyness. Avoid means to succeed in keeping away from a dangerous or undesirable experience. In law, to avoid means to make void or of no effect; to invalidate. Tax avoidance, for example, could be legitimate, while tax evasion implies nonpayment of taxes, as through the failure to report taxable income.]

a·void

(ə-void′)

tr.v. a·void·ed, a·void·ing, a·voids

a. To stay clear of; go around or away from: swerve to avoid a pothole.

b. To take measures so as not to meet or see (someone): «He never let go of the idea that she lived out there in order to avoid him» (Elizabeth Benedict).

2. To prevent from happening: You can avoid illness with exercise and a balanced diet.

a. To refrain from using, engaging in, or partaking of: avoid red meat; avoid risky behavior.

b. To refrain from (doing something): It was all we could do to avoid laughing at the remark.

4. Law To annul or make void; invalidate.

5. Obsolete To void or expel.

[Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, to empty out, variant of Old French esvuidier : es-, out (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + vuidier, to empty (from voide, empty; see void).]

a·void′a·ble adj.

a·void′a·bly adv.

a·void′er n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

avoid

(əˈvɔɪd)

vb (tr)

1. to keep out of the way of

2. to refrain from doing

3. to prevent from happening: to avoid damage to machinery.

4. (Law) law to make (a plea, contract, etc) void; invalidate; quash

5. obsolete to expel

6. obsolete to depart from

[C14: from Anglo-French avoider, from Old French esvuidier, from vuidier to empty, void]

aˈvoidable adj

aˈvoidably adv

aˈvoider n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

a•void

(əˈvɔɪd)

v.t.

1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person.

2. to prevent from happening: to avoid falling.

3. Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate; annul.

[1250–30; Middle English < Anglo-French avoider=a- a-⁴ + voider to void]

a•void′a•ble, adj.

a•void′a•bly, adv.

a•void′ance, n.

a•void′er, n.

avoid

If you avoid something, you take action to prevent it from happening to you.

We learned how to avoid a heart attack.

The bus swerved to avoid a collision.

If you avoid doing something, you make sure that you don’t do it.

Thomas turned his head, trying to avoid breathing in the smoke.

You must avoid giving any unnecessary information.

Be Careful!
Don’t say that you ‘avoid to do‘ something.

Be Careful!
If you can’t control or change the way you behave, don’t say that you ‘can’t avoid’ it. You say that you can’t help it or that you can’t help yourself.

It was so funny, I couldn’t help laughing.

You know what his temper’s like, he just can’t help himself.

Be Careful!
If someone does not allow you to do what you want to do, don’t say that they ‘avoid’ you doing it. You say that they prevent you from doing it.

I wanted to prevent him from speaking.

Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012

avoid

Past participle: avoided
Gerund: avoiding

Imperative
avoid
avoid

Present
I avoid
you avoid
he/she/it avoids
we avoid
you avoid
they avoid

Preterite
I avoided
you avoided
he/she/it avoided
we avoided
you avoided
they avoided

Present Continuous
I am avoiding
you are avoiding
he/she/it is avoiding
we are avoiding
you are avoiding
they are avoiding

Present Perfect
I have avoided
you have avoided
he/she/it has avoided
we have avoided
you have avoided
they have avoided

Past Continuous
I was avoiding
you were avoiding
he/she/it was avoiding
we were avoiding
you were avoiding
they were avoiding

Past Perfect
I had avoided
you had avoided
he/she/it had avoided
we had avoided
you had avoided
they had avoided

Future
I will avoid
you will avoid
he/she/it will avoid
we will avoid
you will avoid
they will avoid

Future Perfect
I will have avoided
you will have avoided
he/she/it will have avoided
we will have avoided
you will have avoided
they will have avoided

Future Continuous
I will be avoiding
you will be avoiding
he/she/it will be avoiding
we will be avoiding
you will be avoiding
they will be avoiding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been avoiding
you have been avoiding
he/she/it has been avoiding
we have been avoiding
you have been avoiding
they have been avoiding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been avoiding
you will have been avoiding
he/she/it will have been avoiding
we will have been avoiding
you will have been avoiding
they will have been avoiding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been avoiding
you had been avoiding
he/she/it had been avoiding
we had been avoiding
you had been avoiding
they had been avoiding

Conditional
I would avoid
you would avoid
he/she/it would avoid
we would avoid
you would avoid
they would avoid

Past Conditional
I would have avoided
you would have avoided
he/she/it would have avoided
we would have avoided
you would have avoided
they would have avoided

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	avoid — stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; «Her former friends now avoid her» evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, fudge, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, put off — avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); «He dodged the issue»; «she skirted the problem»; «They tend to evade their responsibilities»; «he evaded the questions skillfully» escape, miss — fail to experience; «Fortunately, I missed the hurricane» get away, get by, escape, get off, get out — escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; «She gets away with murder!»; «I couldn’t get out from under these responsibilities» bypass, get around, short-circuit, go around — avoid something unpleasant or laborious; «You cannot bypass these rules!» stay off, keep off — refrain from entering or walking onto; «keep off the grass»; «stay off the premises» shirk — avoid dealing with; «She shirks her duties» shy away from — avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; «I shy away from this task» eschew, shun — avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of face, face up, confront — deal with (something unpleasant) head on; «You must confront your problems»; «He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes»
	2.	avoid — prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; «Let’s avoid a confrontation»; «head off a confrontation»; «avert a strike» deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, avert, stave off, ward off, debar, obviate foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid — keep from happening or arising; make impossible; «My sense of tact forbids an honest answer»; «Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project»
	3.	avoid — refrain from doing something; «She refrains from calling her therapist too often»; «He should avoid publishing his wife’s memories» fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick — avoid (one’s assigned duties); «The derelict soldier shirked his duties»
	4.	avoid — refrain from certain foods or beverages; «I keep off drugs»; «During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day» keep off desist, refrain, abstain — choose not to consume; «I abstain from alcohol»
	5.	avoid — declare invalid; «The contract was annulled»; «void a plea» annul, invalidate, nullify, void, quash strike down, cancel — declare null and void; make ineffective; «Cancel the election results»; «strike down a law» break — invalidate by judicial action; «The will was broken» stet — printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion

avoid

verb

1. prevent, stop, frustrate, hamper, foil, inhibit, head off, avert, thwart, intercept, hinder, obstruct, impede, ward off, stave off, forestall, defend against He had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.

3. elude, escape, ignore, hide from, keep away from, keep aloof from She had to lock herself in to avoid him.
elude find, face, approach, contact, invite, pursue, confront, seek out, face up to, solicit

4. keep away from, dodge, shun, evade, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent, bypass, slip through the net, body-swerve (Scot.), give a wide berth to He had ample time to swerve and avoid the woman.

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avoid

verb

To keep away from:

burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, shun.

Translations

vyhnout sevyvarovat se

undgå

välttää

izbjegavati

elkerül

forîast

避ける免れる斎む

피하다

vitare

vengimasvengti

izvairīties

izogniti se

undvika

หลีกเลี่ยง

tránh

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

avoid

[əˈvɔɪd] vt

(= prevent) [+ disease, disaster] → éviter
to avoid doing sth → éviter de faire qch
Avoid going out on your own at night → Évite de sortir seul le soir.

(= manage not to hit) [+ car, obstacle] → éviter

(= keep away from) [+ person, place] → éviter
He avoids her when she’s in a bad mood → Il l’évite lorsqu’elle est de mauvaise humeur.

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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

avoid

(əˈvoid) verb

to keep away from (a place, person or thing). He drove carefully to avoid the holes in the road; Avoid the subject of money.

aˈvoidance noun

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→ يَتَجَنَّبُ vyvarovat se undgå vermeiden αποφεύγω evitar välttää éviter izbjegavati evitare 避ける 피하다 vermijden unngå uniknąć evitar избегать undvika หลีกเลี่ยง kaçınmak tránh 避免

avoid

v. evitar., esquirar; eludir.

avoid

vt evitar; You should avoid salt.. Debe evitar la sal.

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verb (used with object)

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.

Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate.

Obsolete. to empty; eject or expel.

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Origin of avoid

1250–30; Middle English avoiden<Anglo-French avoider, equivalent to a-a-⁴ + voider to void

synonym study for avoid

1. 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.

OTHER WORDS FROM avoid

a·void·a·ble, adjectivea·void·a·bly, adverba·void·er, nounnon·a·void·a·ble, adjective

non·a·void·a·ble·ness, nounnon·a·void·a·bly, adverbun·a·void·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH avoid

1. avoid , evade2. avoid , ovoid

Words nearby avoid

avodire, Avogadro, Avogadro’s constant, Avogadro’s law, Avogadro’s number, avoid, avoidance, avoidance play, avoidant, avoid like the plague, avoirdupois

Words related to avoid

avert, bypass, dodge, escape, evade, fend off, shun, sidestep, ward off, abstain, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, duck, elude, eschew, flee, hide

How to use avoid in a sentence

The executive wondered whether his employer could prevent him from taking the trip, or if he’d have to avoid returning to the office afterward.
I then made a line of small piles of ricotta stuffing, before folding over the pasta and squeezing out air pockets to avoid the raviolis bursting in the boiling water.
Because of coronavirus fears, many people have switched to using credit cards and mobile payments to avoid handling money.
The state has released about 10,000 inmates early to avoid crowding because of the pandemic, and another 8,000 could be released by August.

For example, it can allow households to avoid home foreclosure, evictions and car repossession.
There are reasons that European countries tend to avoid fluoride.
It is also important to avoid using the pope as part of a marketing strategy.
We try to avoid going away for too long, so we can check back in.
Such statements are rare, as the Guards routinely avoid going public with news about the demise of one of their commanders.
The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.
He had not estimated that if Jean Baptiste sought his wife secretly, it must have been because he wished to avoid him.
But I always suspected it was a stratagem on his part to avoid playing, and that nothing really ailed him.
But it was my only chance then; or rather I had seen enough of business to avoid making mistakes when I could.
She stopped, and turned to face him, an incredible shyness seeming to cause her to avoid his gaze.
He ought not to be in London now—it is stifling—went up for some business meeting or other—seemed to wish to avoid details.

British Dictionary definitions for avoid

verb (tr)

to keep out of the way of

to refrain from doing

to prevent from happeningto avoid damage to machinery

law to make (a plea, contract, etc) void; invalidate; quash

obsolete to expel

obsolete to depart from

Derived forms of avoid

avoidable, adjectiveavoidably, adverbavoider, noun

Word Origin for avoid

C14: from Anglo-French avoider, from Old French esvuidier, from vuidier to empty, void

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