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a·void  (-void)

tr.v. a·void·ed, a·void·ing, a·voids

1. To stay clear of; shun. See Synonyms at escape.

2. To keep from happening: avoid illness with rest and a balanced diet.

3. Law To annul or make void; invalidate.

4. Obsolete To void or expel.

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[Middle English avoiden, from Anglo-Norman avoider, to empty out, variant of Old French esvuidier : es-, out (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + vuidier, to empty (from voide, empty; see void).]

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a·voida·ble adj.

a·voida·bly adv.

a·voider n.

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avoid [əˈvɔɪd]

vb (tr)

1. to keep out of the way of

2. to refrain from doing

3. to prevent from happening to avoid damage to machinery

4. (Law) Law to make (a plea, contract, etc.) void; invalidate; quash

5. Obsolete to expel

6. Obsolete to depart from

[from Anglo-French avoider, from Old French esvuidier, from vuidier to empty, void]

avoidable  adj

avoidably  adv

avoider  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, fudge, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, put off - 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" escape, miss - fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" get away, get by, escape, get off, get out - escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" bypass, get around, short-circuit, go around - avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" stay off, keep off - refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises" shirk - avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties" shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task" eschew, shun - avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of face, face up, confront - deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
	2.	avoid - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, avert, stave off, ward off, debar, obviate foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
	3.	avoid - refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories" fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
	4.	avoid - refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day" keep off desist, refrain, abstain - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
	5.	avoid - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" annul, invalidate, nullify, void, quash strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" break - invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken" stet - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion

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avoid

verb

1. prevent, stop, frustrate, hamper, foil, inhibit, head off, avert, thwart, intercept, hinder, obstruct, impede, ward off, stave off, forestall, defend against He had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.

2. refrain from, bypass, dodge, eschew, escape, duck (out of) (informal), fight shy of, shirk from He managed to avoid giving them an idea of what he was up to.

3. elude, escape, ignore, hide from, keep away from, keep aloof from She had to lock herself in to avoid him.
elude find, face, approach, contact, invite, pursue, confront, seek out, face up to, solicit

4. keep away from, dodge, shun, evade, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent, bypass, slip through the net, body-swerve (Scot.), give a wide berth to He had ample time to swerve and avoid the woman.

Translations

avoid [əˈvɔɪd] VT [+ obstacle] → evitar, esquivar; [+ argument, question, subject] → evitar, eludir; [+ duty] → eludir; [+ danger] → salvarse de
are you trying to avoid me? → ¿me estás evitando or esquivando?
I try to avoid him → procuro no tener nada que ver con él
he avoids all his friends → huye de todos sus amigos
this way we avoid London → por esta ruta evitamos pasar por Londres
to avoid sb's eye → esquivar la mirada de algn
to avoid tax (legally) → evitar pagar impuestos; (illegally) → defraudar al fisco
to avoid doing sth → evitar hacer algo
he managed to avoid (hitting) the tree → logró esquivar el árbol
I'm trying to avoid being seen by Jeremy → estoy intentando evitar que me vea Jeremy, estoy intentando que Jeremy no me vea
it's to be avoided like the plague → de esto hay que huir como de la peste

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avoid [əˈvɔɪd] vt

(= prevent) [+ disease, disaster] → éviter
to avoid doing sth → éviter de faire qch
Avoid going out on your own at night → Évite de sortir seul le soir.

(= manage not to hit) [+ car, obstacle] → éviter

(= keep away from) [+ person, place] → éviter
He avoids her when she's in a bad mood → Il l'évite lorsqu'elle est de mauvaise humeur.

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avoid

vt → vermeiden; damage, accident also → verhüten; person → meiden, aus dem Weg gehen (+dat); obstacle → ausweichen (+dat); difficulty, duty, truth → umgehen; to avoid danger (in general) → die Gefahr meiden; (on a specific occasion) → der Gefahr (dat) → entgehen; in order to avoid being seen → um nicht gesehen zu werden; he’d do anything to avoid washing the dishes → er würde alles tun, um nur nicht abwaschen zu müssen; I’m not going if I can possibly avoid it → wenn es sich irgendwie vermeiden lässt, gehe ich nicht; … you can hardly avoid visiting them → … dann kommst du wohl kaum darum herum or kannst du es wohl schlecht vermeiden, sie zu besuchen; to avoid somebody’s eye → jds Blick (dat) → ausweichen, es vermeiden, jdn anzusehen; to avoid being noticed → möglichst unbemerkt bleiben

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avoid [əˈvɔɪd] vt (obstacle) → scansare, schivare, evitare; (argument) → evitare; (danger) → sfuggire a
to avoid doing sth → evitare di fare qc
try to avoid being seen → cerca di non farti vedere
are you trying to avoid me? → stai cercando di evitarmi?

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avoid [əˈvɔɪd] vt (obstacle) → scansare, schivare, evitare; (argument) → evitare; (danger) → sfuggire a
to avoid doing sth → evitare di fare qc
try to avoid being seen → cerca di non farti vedere
are you trying to avoid me? → stai cercando di evitarmi?

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avoid

v avoid [əˈvoid]

to keep away from (a place, person or thing) He drove carefully to avoid the holes in the road; Avoid the subject of money. vermy يَتَجَنَّب отбягвам vyhnout se undgå ausweichen; vermeiden αποφεύγω evitar vältima دوری کردن؛ اجتناب کردن välttää éviter לְהיִמָנָע מ- से बचना izbjegavati kikerül, elkerül vmit menghindari forðast evitare 避ける 피하다 vengti izvairīties elak vermijden unngå uniknąć evitar a evita избегать vyhnúť sa izogniti se izbeći undvika หลีกเลี่ยง kaçınmak, sakınmak 避免 уникати بچنا ، پرہیز کرنا tránh 避免

n aˈvoidance

vermyding تَجَنُّب отбягване vyhnutí se undgåelse die Vermeidung αποφυγή acción de evitar, el evitar, evitación vältimine اجتناب؛ خودداری välttäminen action d'éviter הִמַנְעוּת, הִתְחַמקוּת परहेज izbjegavanje elkerülés pengelakan hjásneiðing, það að forðast l'evitare 回避 회피 vengimas izvairīšanās pengelakkan vermijding unngåelse unikanie fuga evitare избежание vyhýbanie izogib(anje) izbegavanje undvikande การเลี่ยง sakınma, kaçınma 避免 уникнення پرہیز ، احتراز sự tránh 避免

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avoid → يَتَجنب vyvarovat (se) undgå vermeiden αποφεύγω evitar välttää éviter izbjegavati evitare 避ける 피하다 vermijden unngå uniknąć evitar избегать undvika หลีกเลี่ยง kaçınmak tránh 避免