Evade

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Definition

Verb

escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery. (Google)

to avoid or escape from someone or something (Cambridge)

Pronunciation

• uh·vayd

• IPA transcription: /ɪˈveɪd/

Sample sentences

Noun

• "The local press was waiting for us outside security, but we managed to evade them thanks to Annabeth, who lured them away in her invisible Yankees cap, shouting, “They’re over by the frozen yogurt! Come on!,” then rejoined us at baggage claim." (Percy Jackson, Chapter 21)

• The police have assured the public that the escaped prisoners will not evade recapture for long.

• She leaned forward to kiss him but he evaded her by pretending to sneeze. (Cambridge)

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Etymology

1510s, "escape," from French evader, from Latin evadere "to escape, get away," from assimilated form of ex "away" (see ex-) + vadere "to go, walk" (see vamoose). Special sense of "escape by trickery" is from 1530s.

Translation

Chinese: 逃避

Korean: 피하다

Kazakh: қашу

Russian: уклоняться

French: éluder

Spanish: evadir

German: ausweichen

Turkish: kaçınmak