What does evade mean?
Definitions for evade
ɪˈveɪdevade
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Princeton's WordNet
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
elude, evade, bilkverb
escape, either physically or mentally
"The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
evadeverb
practice evasion
"This man always hesitates and evades"
evadeverb
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
"The con man always evades"
Wiktionary
evadeverb
To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.
The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. Richard Chenevix Trench.
evadeverb
To escape; to slip away; sometimes with from.
evadeverb
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways. Robert South.
Etymology: From evado, from e + vado: compare French évader. See wade.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To EVADEverb
Etymology: evado, Latin.
In this point charge him home, that he affects
Tyrannick power: if he evade us there,
Inforce him with his envy to the people. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.Or, if thou covet death, as utmost end
Of misery, so thinking to evade
The penalty pronounc’d, doubt not but God
Hath wiselier arm’d his vengeful ire, than so
To be forestall’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 1021.He might evade the accomplishment of these afflictions he now gradually endureth. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i.
Our question thou evad’st; how did’st thou dare
To break hell bounds? John Dryden, State of Innocence.My argument evidently overthrows all that he brings to evade the testimonies of the fathers. Edward Stillingfleet.
We have seen how a contingent event baffles man’s knowledge, and evades his power. Robert South, Sermons.
To Evadeverb
His wisdom, by often evading from perils, was turned rather into a dexterity to deliver himself from dangers, than into a providence to prevent. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Unarm’d they might
Have easily, as spirits, evaded swift
By quick contraction, or remove. John Milton, Paradise Lost.The ministers of God are not to evade or take refuge in any of these two forementioned ways. Robert South, Sermons.
ChatGPT
evade
To evade is to deliberately avoid or escape from something, often by using skill, cleverness, or deceit. This can refer to evading a physical threat or danger, a responsibility or obligation, a question, or even a law or regulation.
Webster Dictionary
Evadeverb
to get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument
Evadeverb
to escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from
Evadeverb
to attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding
Etymology: [L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'vader. See Wade.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Evade
e-vād′, v.t. to escape or avoid artfully: to baffle. [L. evadĕre—e, out, vadĕre, to go.]
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Anagrams for evade »
eaved
deave
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of evade in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of evade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of evade in a Sentence
Through and through the world is infested with quantity. To talk sense is to talk quantities, It is no use saying the nation is large- how large? It is no use s aying that radium is scarce- how scarce? You can not evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music and quantity and number will face you in your rhythms and your octaves.
If this was used as a mechanism to evade disclosure, that would be a different story.
You want to find out if in fact it does evade the vaccines that we're doing.
There will be particular attention to whether there were gaps between barriers and any police cruiser.This vehicle appeared to get through the barrier at a high enough speed to then evade following officers. It also appears completely functional after forcing its way through to the parade route. That raises concerns over the placement of the barriers.
Any time something like this happens it's going to make you second guess the actions that you take, and the problem with that is when you're second guessing what you're supposed to be doing, people could evade apprehension, you could end up getting yourself hurt, you could end up getting innocent third parties hurt -- because you don't take the actions that are necessary because you're worried you're going to be second guessed by the president of the United States, we’re not talking about being second guessed by someone with a camera, we’re talking about being second guessed by the president of the United States and that's the political situation we’re currently under, and any time that happens of course we’re going to be very, very leery about the actions we take.
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