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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

Verb

[evading, evaded]

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

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

3. to avoid answering (a question) [Latin evadere to go forth]

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. << OPPOSITE face

verb 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

Translations

evade [ɪˈveɪd] vt → evadir, eludir

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evade [ɪˈveɪd] vt → échapper à [+ question etc]; éluder [+ duties]; se dérober à

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evade [ɪˈveɪd] vt (person, question) → ausweichen +dat;

(tax) → hinterziehen;

(duty, responsibility) → sich entziehen +dat

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evade [ɪˈveɪd] vt → eludere [+ duties etc]; sottrarsi a