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- Dictionaryevade/ɪˈveɪd/
verb
- 1. escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery: "friends helped him to evade capture for a time" Similar Opposite
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EVADE definition: 1. to avoid or escape from someone or something: 2. to intentionally not talk about something or…. Learn more.
If you evade someone or something, you move so that you can avoid meeting them or avoid being touched or hit. Under the pretence of lighting a candle, she evades him and disappears. [ VERB noun ]
avoid stresses forethought and caution in keeping clear of danger or difficulty. try to avoid past errors. evade implies adroitness, ingenuity, or lack of scruple in escaping or avoiding. evaded the question by changing the subject. elude implies a slippery or baffling quality in the person or thing that escapes.
to escape from by trickery or cleverness: to evade one's pursuers. Synonyms: dodge, avoid. Antonyms: confront, face. to get around by trickery: to evade rules. to avoid doing or fulfilling: to evade an obligation. to avoid answering directly: to evade a question. to elude; escape: The solution evaded him. verb (used without object)
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. type of: avoid. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something. verb. escape, either physically or mentally. “This difficult idea seems to evade her”. “The event evades explanation”. synonyms: bilk, elude.
EVADE meaning: 1. to avoid or escape from someone or something: 2. to intentionally not talk about something or…. Learn more.
evade (doing) something to find a way of not doing something, especially something that legally or morally you should do. The defendant had tried to evade payment of taxes. She is trying to evade all responsibility for her behaviour. He never sought to evade his responsibilities.
