circumvent (redirected from circumvents)

cir·cum·vent  (sûrkm-vnt)

tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents

1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.

2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.

3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.

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[Middle English circumventen, from Latin circumvenre, circumvent- : circum-, circum- + venre, to go, come; see g^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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circum·venter, circum·ventor n.

circum·vention n.

circum·ventive adj.

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circumvent

Verb

Formal

1. to avoid or get round (a rule, restriction, etc.)

2. to outwit (a person) [Latin circum- + venire to come]

circumvention n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	circumvent - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" besiege, hem in, beleaguer, surround attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" seal off, blockade - impose a blockade on ebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
	2.	circumvent - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" outsmart, outwit, overreach, outfox, beat beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
	3.	circumvent - 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" evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, fudge, dodge, elude, duck, put off beg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" quibble - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"

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circumvent

verb 1. (Formal) evade, bypass, elude, steer clear of, sidestep

verb 2. outwit, trick, mislead, thwart, deceive, dupe, beguile, outflank, hoodwink

Translations

circumvent [ˈsəːkəmvɛnt] vt [+ rule etc] → burlar

circumvent [səːkəmˈvɛnt] vt [+ rule etc] → tourner

circumvent [səːkəmˈvɛnt] vt → umgehen

circumvent [səːkəmˈvɛnt] vt [+ rule etc] → aggirare