evade
[ ih-veyd ]
verb (used with object),e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing.
to escape from by trickery or cleverness: to evade one's pursuers.
to get around by trickery: to evade rules.
verb (used without object),e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing.
to avoid doing or fulfilling something.
to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.
Origin of evade
1First recorded in 1505–15; from Latin ēvādere “to pass over, go out,” equivalent to ē- “out of, from” + vādere “to go, walk” see e-1
synonym study For evade
1. See escape.
Other words for evade
Opposites for evade
Other words from evade
- 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
Words that may be confused with evade
- avoid, evade
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British Dictionary definitions for evade
evade
/ (ɪˈveɪd) /
verb(mainly tr)
to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc); escape
to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc)
(also intr) to avoid answering (a question)
Origin of evade
1C16: from French évader, from Latin ēvādere to go forth, from vādere to go
Derived forms of evade
- evadable, adjective
- evader, noun
- evadingly, adverb
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