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e·vade

   [ih-veyd] verb, e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to escape from by trickery or cleverness: to evade one's pursuers.
2.
to get around by trickery: to evade rules.
3.
to avoid doing or fulfilling: to evade an obligation.
4.
to avoid answering directly: to evade a question.
5.
to elude; escape: The solution evaded him.
verb (used without object)
6.
to practice evasion.
7.
to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.

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Origin:
1505–15; < Latin ēvādere to pass over, go out, equivalent to ē- e- + vādere to go, walk

Related forms
e·vad·a·ble, e·vad·i·ble, adjective
e·vad·er, noun
e·vad·ing·ly, adverb
non·e·vad·a·ble, adjective
non·e·vad·i·ble, adjective
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non·e·vad·ing, adjective
non·e·vad·ing·ly, adverb
pre·e·vade, verb (used with object), -vad·ed, -vad·ing.
un·e·vad·a·ble, adjective
un·e·vad·ed, adjective
un·e·vad·i·ble, adjective
un·e·vad·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE

Can be confused: avoid, evade, ovoid (see synonym note at avoid).

Synonyms
1. avoid, dodge. See escape. 6. prevaricate, equivocate, fence.

Antonyms
1. face, confront.

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Example Sentences
  • She sometimes uses humor to evade a sticky question.
  • To be mature means to face, and not evade.
  • It even comes equipped with secret rooms and exits that were used to evade the police.
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World English Dictionary
evade (ɪˈveɪd)
 
—vb
1.  to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc); escape
2.  to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc)
3.  (also intr) to avoid answering (a question)
 
[C16: from French évader, from Latin ēvādere to go forth, from vādere to go]
 
e'vadable
 
—adj
 
e'vader
 
—n
 
e'vadingly
 
—adv

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Word Origin & History

evade
1510s, from M.Fr. evader, from L. evadere "to escape, get away," from ex- "away" + vadere "to go, walk" (see vamoose). Related: Evaded; evading
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