evade

e·vade  (-vd)

v. e·vad·ed, e·vad·ing, e·vades

v.tr.

1. To escape or avoid by cleverness or deceit: evade arrest.

2.

a. To avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing: evade responsibility. See Synonyms at escape.

b. To fail to make payment of (taxes).

3. To avoid giving a direct answer to.

4. To baffle or elude: The accident evades explanation.

v.intr.

1. To practice evasion.

2. To use cleverness or deceit in avoiding or escaping.

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[French évader, from Latin vdere : -, ex-, ex- + vdere, to go.]

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e·vada·ble, e·vadi·ble adj.

e·vader n.

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evade [ɪˈveɪd]

vb (mainly tr)

1. to get away from or avoid (imprisonment, captors, etc.); escape

2. to get around, shirk, or dodge (the law, a duty, etc.)

3. (also intr) to avoid answering (a question)

[from French évader, from Latin ēvādere to go forth, from vādere to go]

evadable  adj

evader  n

evadingly  adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	evade - 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" hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, fudge, elude, 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"
	2.	evade - escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" elude, bilk escape, get away, break loose - run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
	3.	evade - practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades" act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	4.	evade - use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades" 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"

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evade

verb

1. avoid, escape, dodge, get away from, shun, elude, eschew, steer clear of, sidestep, circumvent, duck, shirk, slip through the net of, escape the clutches of, body-swerve (Scot.) He managed to evade the police for six months.
avoid meet, face, encounter, brave, confront, meet face to face

2. avoid answering, parry, circumvent, fend off, balk, cop out of (slang), fence, fudge, hedge, prevaricate, flannel (Brit. informal), beat about the bush about, equivocate Mr Archer denied that he was evading the question.

Translations

evade [ɪˈveɪd] VT [+ capture, pursuers] → eludir; [+ punishment, blow] → evitar; [+ question, issue, responsibility] → eludir, evadir; [+ military service] → eludir, zafarse de; [+ taxation, customs duty] → evadir, sustraerse a; [+ sb's gaze] → esquivar

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evade [ɪˈveɪd] vt

(= avoid) [+ question, issue] → éluder

[+ tax] → frauder

[+ responsibility] → se soustraire à; [+ duties] → se dérober à

(= get away from) [+ person] → échapper à
to evade capture → échapper à l'arrestation

(= elude) [happiness] → échapper à

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evade

vt

blow → ausweichen (+dat); pursuit, pursuers → sich entziehen (+dat), → entkommen (+dat)

obligation, justice, capture → sich entziehen (+dat); military service → umgehen, sich entziehen (+dat); question, issue → ausweichen (+dat); difficulty, person, sb’s glance → ausweichen (+dat), → (ver)meiden; sb’s vigilance → entgehen (+dat); to evade taxes → Steuern hinterziehen; he successfully evaded the authorities for several years → mehrere Jahre kamen die Behörden ihm nicht auf die Spur; if you try to evade paying import duty → wenn Sie versuchen, den Einfuhrzoll zu umgehen; a concept which somehow evades precise definition → ein Begriff, der sich einer genauen Definition entzieht

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evade [ɪˈveɪd] vt (capture, pursuers) → sfuggire a; (punishment, blow) → schivare; (question) → eludere; (issue, truth, sb's gaze) → evitare; (responsibility, duties, obligation, military service) → sottrarsi a; (tax, customs duty) → evadere

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evade [ɪˈveɪd] vt (capture, pursuers) → sfuggire a; (punishment, blow) → schivare; (question) → eludere; (issue, truth, sb's gaze) → evitare; (responsibility, duties, obligation, military service) → sottrarsi a; (tax, customs duty) → evadere

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evade

v evade [iˈveid]

to escape or avoid by eg trickery or skill. ontwyk يَتَهَرَّب من، يَتَمَلَّص من отбягвам vyhnout se undslippe; undgå entrinnen αποφεύγω, ξεφεύγω evadir kõrvale põiklema با زرنگی از زیر چیزی در رفتن؛ اجتناب کردن väistää éviter לְהִתחַמֵק टालमटोल करना, टालना izbjeći, umaknuti kitér (vmi elől) mengelak sneiða hjá, komast hjá evitare うまく避ける 회피하다 išvengti, išsisukti izvairīties; izlocīties mengelak ontwijken unngå, unnvike, lure seg unna unikać evitar/evadir a evita уклоняться vyhnúť sa izogniti se izbegavati undvika, undgå หลบเลี่ยง kaç(ın)mak 逃避 уникати, ухилятися بچ نکلنا tránh khỏi 逃避

n eˈvasion [-ʒən]

ontwyking تَهَرُّب، تَمَلُّص избягване únik undvigelse; unddragelse das Entrinnen αποφυγή, διαφυγή evasión kõrvalepõiklemine گریز؛ طفره väistö fuite הִתחַמקוּת अपवंचन izbjegavanje kitérés pengelakan undandráttur evasione 回避 회피 (iš)vengimas, išsisukinėjimas izvairīšanās; izlocīšanās pengelakan ontwijking unndragelse, omgåelse uniknięcie evasão evaziune; eschivare уклонение;увёртка únik beg izbegavanje undvikande, undanflykt การหลีกเลี่ยง kaçınma 逃避 обхід; уникнення احتراز sự tránh 逃避

adj eˈvasive [-siv]

1 having the purpose of evading. ontwykend تَهَرُّبي، تَمَلُّصي неуловим vyhýbavý undvigende schwer faßbar που έχει σκοπό να διαφύγει evasivo möödahiiliv گریزآمیز؛ طفره آمیز väistelevä évasif מִתחַמֵק कपटी, टालमटोल वाला onaj koji izbjegava, vrdav kitérő (válasz) suka mengelak sem einkennist af undanbrögðum sfuggente 回避的な 회피적인 vengiantis, išsisukinėjantis izvairīgs ber ontwijkend unnvikende, svevende wymijający evasivo evaziv уклоняющийся ústupový izmikajoč se izbegavalački undvikande, undanglidande ซึ่งหลีกหนีปัญหา kaçamaklı, yan çizen 逃避的 невловимий ہیر پھیر سے کام لینے والا trốn tránh 逃避的

2 not frank and direct He gave evasive answers. ontduikende مُلْتَبِس، تَمَلُّصي уклончив úhybný undvigende ausweichend ασαφής, αόριστος evasivo puiklev دوپهلو epäsuora évasif מִתחַמֵק koji ne da je izravne odgovore kitérő tidak terus terang loðinn evasivo ごまかしの 애매한 netiesus, išsisukinėjamas izvairīgs bersifat mengelak ontwijkend ubestemt, flakkende wykrętny evasivo evaziv уклончивый vyhýbavý dvoumen neodređen undvikande, svävande ซึ่งตอบไม่ตรงประเด็น kaçamaklı, baştan savma 含糊的 ухильний حیلہ سازي کا عادی lảng tránh 含糊的

adv eˈvasively

ontduikendheid بِتَمَلُّص уклончиво vyhýbavě undvigende ausweichend αόριστα de manera evasiva puiklevalt بطور گریز گرانه väistelevästi évasivement בְּהִתחַמקוּת okolišavajući kitérően secara mengelak loðið, óljóst; með undanbrögðum evasivamente ごまかして 애매하게 netiesiai izvairīgi secara mengelak ontwijkend unnvikende, ubestemt wykrętnie evasivamente evaziv уклончиво vyhýbavo izmikajoče se neodređeno undvikande อย่างหลีกเลี่ยง kaçamaklı bir şekilde, kaçınarak 逃避地 невловимо پہلو بچاتے ہوۓ một cách lảng tránh 逃避地

n eˈvasiveness

ontwykendheid, vaagheid تَمَلُّص، تَهَرُّب уклончивост vyhýbavost undvigende opførsel ausweichendes Verhalten αοριστία, ασάφεια condición de evasivo puiklevus طفره väistelevyys caractère évasif חַמקָנוּת अपवंचकता, टालमटोल okolišavanje kitérés sifat suka mengelak hegðun sem einkennist af undanbrögðum l'essere evasivo ごまかし 애매함 išsisukinėjimas izvairīgums pengelakan ontwijkendheid unnvikenhet, ubestemthet wykrętność evasão/atitude evasiva caracter evaziv уклончивость vyhýbavosť izmikanje neodređenost undvikande karaktär การหลีกเลี่ยง kaçınma, yan çizme 遁辭 невловимість ہیلے بہانے tính lảng tránh 遁辞