AVOID

Meaning of AVOID in English

— avoidable , adj. — avoidably , adv. — avoider , n.

/euh voyd"/ , v.t.

1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.

2. to prevent from happening: to avoid falling.

3. Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate.

4. Obs. to empty; eject or expel.

[ 1250-30; ME avoiden avoider, equiv. to a- A- 4 + voider to VOID ]

Syn. 1. elude. AVOID, ESCAPE mean to come through a potentially harmful or unpleasant experience, without suffering serious consequences. To AVOID is to succeed in keeping away from something dangerous or undesirable: to avoid meeting an enemy. ESCAPE suggests encountering peril but coming through it safely: to escape drowning.

Ant. 1. confront, face, encounter.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

AVOID — əˈvȯid verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English avoiden, from Old French esvuidier, from es- (from Latin ex out) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AVOID — (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess …
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — ( a. ) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — ( a. ) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — ( a. ) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French avoider, alteration of Old French esvuider, from es- (from Latin ex- ) + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AVOID — adj to get rid of. 2. avoid ·vi to become void or vacant. 3. avoid ·adj to empty. 4. avoid …
Webster English vocab
AVOID — [avoid] vt [ME, fr. MF esvuidier, fr. es- (fr. L ex-) + vuidier to empty--more at void] (14c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AVOID — / əˈvɔɪd; NAmE / verb 1. to prevent sth bad from happening : [ vn ] The accident could have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AVOID — a ‧ void S2 W1 /əˈvɔɪd/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Word Family: verb : ↑ avoid ; noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AVOID — ( avoids, avoiding, avoided) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AVOID
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AVOID — [verb] [T] - to stay away from (someone or something), or prevent (something) from happening or not allow yourself to …
Cambridge English vocab
AVOID — verb 1 prevent sth; choose not to do sth ADVERB ▪ altogether ▪ It is sometimes impossible to ~ conflict …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AVOID
Longman Activator English vocab
AVOID — v. 25B6; verb I avoid situations that stress me : KEEP AWAY FROM, steer clear of, give a wide berth …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AVOID — v. shun, keep (away) from, keep off, leave alone, keep or steer clear of, refrain from, dodge, circumvent, sidestep, elude, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AVOID — verb to try not to do something such as not to eat a particular food; you must try to avoid …
English Dictionary of Medicine
AVOID — verb 1 BAD : He put his hand over my mouth to avoid me to scream. GOOD : He put …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
AVOID — гл. 1) избегать, остерегаться, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid the world ≈ скрываться от людей to avoid action ≈ уклоняться от …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AVOID — avoid.ogg əʹvɔıd v 1. избегать, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid smb. - избегать /сторониться/ кого-л. to avoid danger an accident - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AVOID — v 1. избегать, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid smb. - избегать /сторониться/ кого-л. to avoid danger an accident - избежать опасности …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AVOID — гл. 1) избегать, остерегаться, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid the world — скрываться от людей to avoid action — уклоняться от …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AVOID — гл. 1) избегать, остерегаться, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid the world — скрываться от людей to avoid action — уклоняться от боя She managed to …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
AVOID — гл. 1) избегать, уклоняться 2) аннулировать; уничтожать 3) оспаривать • - avoid a contract - avoid a sentence - avoid a title - avoid expenses - avoid the risk Syn: terminate, …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
AVOID — 1) избегать, уклоняться 2) прекращать, аннулировать - avoid a contract - avoid double taxation
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
AVOID — 1) избегать; действовать в обход 2) оспорить; расторгнуть, аннулировать; сделать ничтожным • to avoid an accident — избежать несчастного случая; to avoid a patent …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
AVOID — гл. 1) избегать, остерегаться, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid the world ≈ скрываться от людей to avoid action ≈ уклоняться от …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
AVOID — evitar
English interlingue dictionary
AVOID — ayaw paduul;ayaw ug duol;iwasan;likay (Verb) likayi (Verb) makalikay
English-Visayan vocabulary
AVOID — transitive verb see: void Date: 14th century to make legally void ; annul , void , expel , 3. to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AVOID — (v. i.) To become void or vacant.
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — (v. i.) To retire; to withdraw.
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — (a.) To get rid of.
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — (a.) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — (a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — (a.) To empty.
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — ( v. i. ) To retire; to withdraw.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — ( v. i. ) To become void or vacant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — ( a. ) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — ( a. ) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — ( a. ) To get rid of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — ( a. ) To empty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — v. evade, escape; keep away from; prevent, keep from happening; nullify, make void (Law)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AVOID — v. Pronunciation: ə - ' vo ̇ id Function: transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French avoider, alteration of Old …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
AVOID — ■ verb 1》 keep away or refrain from. ↘prevent from happening. 2》 Law repudiate, nullify, or render void (a decree …
Concise Oxford English vocab
AVOID — avoid BrE AmE ə ˈvɔɪd ▷ avoided ə ˈvɔɪd ɪd -əd ▷ avoiding ə ˈvɔɪd ɪŋ ▷ avoids ə ˈvɔɪdz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AVOID — v.tr. 1 keep away or refrain from (a thing, person, or action). 2 escape; evade. 3 Law a nullify (a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AVOID — v.tr. 1 keep away or refrain from (a thing, person, or action). 2 escape; evade. 3 Law a nullify (a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AVOID — v.tr. 1. keep away or refrain from (a thing, person, or action). 2 escape; evade. 3 Law a nullify (a …
Oxford English vocab
AVOID — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
AVOID — Synonyms and related words : abstain, abstain from, avert, be stuck-up, bilk, blench, blink, circumvent, cringe, debar, deflect, divert, do …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AVOID — v. Function: verb Synonyms: ESCAPE 2, bilk, double, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shun, shy Related Words: avert, deflect, divert, obviate, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AVOID — v. a. 1. Shun ( in a negative sense, or denoting care only without positive exertion ), eschew, escape, elude, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
AVOID — verb Synonyms: escape 2, bilk, double, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shun, shy Related Word: avert, deflect, divert, obviate, prevent, ward …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
AVOID — verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
AVOID — See ↑ AVOID 1,2,3,4,5, ↑ STOP 25
Longman Activator English vocab
AVOID — v. 1) to ~ studiously 2) ( G ) she managed to ~ being punished
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
AVOID — forcyrran, ascunian, forbugan, fleon, fleon
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
AVOID — Избегать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
AVOID — избегать, сторониться уклоняться leg. отменять, аннулировать
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AVOID — (v) избегать; избежать; сторониться; уклониться от; уклоняться от
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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