avoid
[ uh-void ]
/ əˈvɔɪd /
verb (used with object)
to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.
to prevent from happening: to avoid falling.
Law.
to make void or of no effect; invalidate.
Obsolete.
to empty; eject or expel.
Origin of avoid
synonym study for avoid
1.
Avoid,
escape mean to come through a potentially harmful or unpleasant experience, without suffering serious consequences. To
avoid is to succeed in keeping away from something dangerous or undesirable:
to avoid meeting an enemy.
Escape suggests encountering peril but coming through it safely:
to escape drowning.
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British Dictionary definitions for avoided
avoid
/ (əˈvɔɪd) /
verb (tr)
to keep out of the way of
to refrain from doing
to prevent from happening
to avoid damage to machinery
law
to make (a plea, contract, etc) void; invalidate; quash
obsolete
to expel
obsolete
to depart from
Derived forms of avoid
avoidable, adjective avoidably, adverb avoider, nounWord Origin for avoid
C14: from Anglo-French
avoider, from Old French
esvuidier, from
vuidier to empty,
void