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- Dictionaryevade/ɪˈveɪd/
verb
- 1. escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery: "friends helped him to evade capture for a time" Similar Opposite
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EVADE definition: 1. to avoid or escape from someone or something: 2. to intentionally not talk about something or…. Learn more.
1. : to elude by dexterity or stratagem. 2. a. : to avoid facing up to. evaded the real issues. b. : to avoid the performance of : dodge, circumvent. especially : to fail to pay (taxes) c. : to avoid answering directly : turn aside. 3. : to be elusive to : baffle. the simple, personal meaning evaded them C. D. Lewis. evadable. i-ˈvā-də-bəl. ē-
If you evade something, you find a way of not doing something that you really ought to do.
Evade definition: to escape from by trickery or cleverness. See examples of EVADE used in a sentence.
When you evade something, you escape it. You could evade a police chase by slipping into a secret alley, or you could evade your mother's questions about the missing cookies by slipping into another topic.
evade (doing) something to find a way of not doing something, especially something that legally or morally you should do. The defendant had tried to evade payment of taxes. She is trying to evade all responsibility for her behaviour. He never sought to evade his responsibilities.
1. To escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or deceit: managed to evade their pursuers; went underground in order to evade arrest. 2. a. To avoid complying with or fulfilling: evade the draft; evaded any legal responsibility. b. To fail to make payment of (taxes). 3.
to avoid or escape from someone or something: The police have assured the public that the escaped prisoners will not evade recapture for long. She leaned forward to kiss him but he evaded her by pretending to sneeze. An Olympic gold medal is the only thing that has evaded her in her remarkable career.
Definition of evade verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. If you evade something, you find a way of not doing something that you really ought to do. [...] 2. If you evade a question or a topic, you avoid talking about it or dealing with it. [...] 3. If you evade someone or something, you move so that you can avoid meeting them or avoid being touched or hit. [...]
