ELUDE


Meaning of ELUDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪlu:d ]

( eludes, eluding, eluded)

1.

If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it.

At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long.

VERB : no passive , V n

2.

If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them.

He eluded the police for 13 years.

VERB : V n

3.

If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it.

The appropriate word eluded him.

= escape

VERB : no passive , V n

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