English

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at En-us-avoid.ogg
• IPA: /əˈvɔɪd/,
• Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɔɪd|-ɔɪd

Verb

{{en-verb|avoids|avoiding|avoided}}

1. To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.
2. To empty.
3. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
4. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
5. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute (esp. a contract).
6. To get rid of.
7. To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter.
8. To retire; to withdraw.
9. To become void or vacant.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

• CJKV Characters: 避
• Czech: vyhnout se
• Dutch: mijden
• Finnish: välttää (5), karttaa (5)
• French: éviter
• German: vermeiden, meiden
• Greek: αποφεύγω

• Italian: evitare
• Japanese: 避ける (sakeru)
• Latin: vitare
• Polish: unikać (5)
• Russian: избегать /izbegat'/
• Spanish: evitar
• Swedish: undvika (5)

Hungarian: elkerül

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