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e·vade
/
ɪˈveɪd
/
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[
ih-
veyd
]
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verb,
e·vad·ed,
e·vad·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to escape from by trickery or cleverness:
to evade one's pursuers.
Synonyms:
avoid, dodge.
Antonyms:
face, confront.
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 avoid doing or fulfilling something.
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-
1
+
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
non·e·vad·ing,
adjective
non·e·vad·ing·ly,
adverb
pre·e·vade,
verb (used with object),
pre·e·vad·ed,
pre·e·vad·ing.
un·e·vad·a·ble,
adjective
un·e·vad·ed,
adjective
un·e·vad·i·ble,
adjective
un·e·vad·ing,
adjective
Can be confused:
avoid
,
evade.
Synonym Study
1.
See
escape.
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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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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
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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