elude (redirected from eludes)

e·lude  (-ld)

tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes

1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect continues to elude the police.

2. To escape the understanding or grasp of: a name that has always eluded me; a metaphor that eluded them. See Synonyms at escape.

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[Latin ldere : -, ex-, ex- + ldere, to play (from ldus, play; see leid- in Indo-European roots).]

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elude [ɪˈluːd]

vb (tr)

1. to escape or avoid (capture, one's pursuers, etc.), esp by cunning

2. to avoid fulfilment of (a responsibility, obligation, etc.); evade

3. to escape discovery, or understanding by; baffle the solution eluded her

[from Latin ēlūdere to deceive, from lūdere to play]

eluder  n

elusion  [ɪˈluːʒən] n

Usage: Elude is sometimes wrongly used where allude is meant: he was alluding (not eluding) to his previous visit to the city

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	elude - escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" evade, bilk escape, get away, break loose - run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
	2.	elude - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" escape bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, baffle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" resist, defy, refuse - elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
	3.	elude - 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, circumvent, dodge, 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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elude

verb

1. evade, escape, lose, avoid, flee, duck (informal), dodge, get away from, shake off, run away from, circumvent, outrun, body-swerve (Scot.) The thieves managed to elude the police for months.

2. escape, baffle, frustrate, puzzle, stump, foil, be beyond (someone), thwart, confound The appropriate word eluded him.

Usage: Elude is sometimes wrongly used where alludeis meant: he was alluding (not eluding) to his previous visit to the city.

Translations

elude [ɪˈluːd] VT [+ pursuer] → burlar; [+ capture, arrest] → eludir, escapar a; [+ grasp, blow] → esquivar, zafarse de; [+ question] → eludir; [+ obligation] → eludir, zafarse de
the answer has so far eluded us → hasta ahora no hemos dado con la respuesta
his name eludes me → ahora no recuerdo su nombre
success has eluded him → el éxito le ha eludido or le ha sido esquivo

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elude [ɪˈluːd] vt

(= get away from) [+ person] → échapper à
to elude capture → échapper à la capture

(= avoid) [+ question] → éluder

[success] → échapper à; [idea, name] → échapper à
Success has always eluded him → Le succès lui a toujours échappé.
Sleep eluded him
BUT Il n'arrivait pas à trouver le sommeil.

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elude

vt observation, justice → sich entziehen (+dat); sb’s gaze → ausweichen (+dat); police, enemy → entkommen (+dat), → entwischen (+dat); to elude capture → entkommen; the principle eluded his grasp → er konnte das Prinzip nicht erfassen; sleep eluded her → sie konnte keinen Schlaf finden; the name eludes me → der Name ist mir entfallen; the title still eludes him → der Titel fehlt ihm immer noch

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elude [ɪˈluːd] vt (arrest, pursuit, enemy, observation) → sfuggire a; (question) → eludere
success has eluded him → il successo non gli ha arriso

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elude [ɪˈluːd] vt (arrest, pursuit, enemy, observation) → sfuggire a; (question) → eludere
success has eluded him → il successo non gli ha arriso

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elude

v elude [iˈluːd]

1 to escape or avoid by quickness or cleverness He eluded his pursuers. ontwyk يَتَمَلَّص من избягвам uniknout undslippe; slippe fra entwischen ξεφεύγω, ξεγλιστρώ eludir, escapar käest ära lipsama گریختن؛ جیم شدن väistää échapper à לְהִתחָמֶק हाथ नहीं आना, धोखा देकर निकल जाना, दृष्टि बचाकर चला जाना izbjeći megmenekül menghindari sleppa undan eludere 避ける 잘 피하다 pasprukti nuo izvairīties melepaskan diri ontsnappen aan slippe/vri seg unna, unndra seg wymknąć się esquivar-se a scăpa (de) ускользать uniknúť izmakniti se uteći undkomma, undfly หลบหลีก kurtulmak, atlatmak 逃避 уникати بچ نکلنا lảng tránh 逃避

2 to be too difficult etc for (a person) to understand or remember The meaning of this poem eludes me. ontgaan يَفوتُه ، يَسْتَصْعِب فَهْمُهُ أو تَذَكُّرُه труден uniknout ikke rigtigt fatte; ikke kunne huske sich entziehen διαφεύγω, δε γίνομαι εύκολα αντιληπτός eludir mõistetamatuks jääma به یاد نیاوردن olla käsittämätön jollekulle échapper à לְהישָמֵט समझने या याद करने में मुश्किल izmaknuti kifog vkin sulit reynast óskiljanlegur sfuggire a ～に理解されない 이해되지 않다 būti nepagaunamam, išslysti nespēt atcerēties; iziet no prāta sulit ontgaan ikke riktig få tak i meningen; bli borte for umykać escapar a scăpa не приходить на ум uniknúť ne biti jasno zbunjivati undfly ยากที่จะจำ anlayamamamak; hatırlayamamak 難倒 не приходити в голову, не спадати на думку یاد کرنے یا سمجھنے میں مشکل ہونا vượt quá sự hiểu biết 难倒

adj eˈlusive [-siv]

escaping or vanishing, often or cleverly an elusive criminal. ontsnap مُتَمَلِّص، لا يَصْعُب فَهْمُه، لا يُدْرَك неуловим nepolapitelný; prchavý svær at holde fast schwer faßbar φευγαλέος, που εξαφανίζεται ή ξεφεύγει esquivo tabamatu گریزان؛ گریزپا saavuttamaton insaisissable מִשתָמֵט, מִתחַמֵק भ्रान्तिजनक koji izmiče, varav nehezen megfogható sulit ditangkap sem erfitt er að henda reiður á; bragðvís elusivo, inafferrabile 捕えにくい 파악하기 어려운 nepagaunamas nenotverams; izvairīgs; grūti iegaumējams/paturams prātā sulit ditangkap ongrijpbaar unnvikende, forsvinnende, unnalurende wymykający się ardiloso care nu poate fi prins неуловимый nepolapiteľný uhajajoč neobjašnjiv svår (omöjlig) att få tag i, gäckande หลบเลี่ยงอย่างแกมโกง kaypak, ele geçmez 躲避的 ухильний; невловимий مشکل الحصول trốn tránh 躲避的