EVADE


Meaning of EVADE in English

/ ɪˈveɪd; NAmE / verb

1.

to escape from sb/sth or avoid meeting sb :

[ vn ]

For two weeks they evaded the press.

He managed to evade capture .

[also v -ing ]

2.

to find a way of not doing sth, especially sth that legally or morally you should do :

[ vn ]

to evade payment of taxes

She is trying to evade all responsibility for her behaviour.

[also v -ing ]

3.

to avoid dealing with or talking about sth :

[ vn ]

Come on, don't you think you're evading the issue ?

[ v -ing ]

to evade answering a question

4.

[ vn ] ( formal ) to not come or happen to sb

SYN elude :

The answer evaded him (= he could not think of it) .

—see also evasion , evasive

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent.: from French évader , from Latin evadere from e- (variant of ex- ) out of + vadere go.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.