Evade

Word EVADE
Character 5
Hyphenation e vade
Pronunciations /ɪˈveɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Evade"

What do we mean by evade?

To escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or deceit. intransitive verb

To avoid complying with or fulfilling. intransitive verb

To fail to make payment of (taxes). intransitive verb

To avoid giving a direct answer to. intransitive verb

To be beyond the memory or understanding of. intransitive verb

To use cleverness or deceit in avoiding or escaping something. intransitive verb

To avoid complying with or fulfilling a requirement. intransitive verb

To avoid by effort or contrivance; escape from or elude in any way, as by dexterity, artifice, stratagem, or address; slip away from; get out of the way of: as, to evade a blow; to evade pursuers.

To escape the reach or comprehension of; baffle or foil: as, a mystery that evades inquiry.

To escape; slip away: with from.

To practise evasion; use elusive methods.

To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. transitive verb

To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. transitive verb

To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly. transitive verb

To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument. verb

To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from. verb

To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. verb

Escape, either physically or mentally verb

Practice evasion verb

To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from

To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Evade

The word "evade" in example sentences

He told the court: "I did not know what the word evade means," adding that over six years his companies paid a total of £55m in taxes. ❋ Sam Jones (2012)

You again evade all the arguments I laid on the table in order to pyschologize about motives. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The truth that men seek there to evade is that this small planet cannot survive a nuclear exchange ... ❋ Unknown (1983)

Anyone who has once taken up the WORD can never again evade it; a writer is not the detached judge of his compatriots and contemporaries, he is an accomplice to all the evil committed in his native land or by his countrymen. ❋ Unknown (1970)

Note I said avoid, (legal), not evade, which is not. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The report from Harkin's office alleges that dollars from military benefits allow for-profit schools to "evade" a federal rule that no more than 90 percent of their revenues come from federal Title IV money, such as Pell Grants. ❋ AP (2010)

Since then, we have managed to "evade" parts of our Constitution, incarcerate many without due process in that our nation has been sold the threat of Terrorism as we were sold on the threat of Communism over fifty years ago. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ah yes, they didn't want to fix the problem, and get us our money back, because then the Democrats would "evade" responsibility for George Bush having given AIG the money in the first place last September. ❋ Unknown (2009)

SURWEICKI: Well, the fascinating thing is that he's somehow been able to kind of evade a lot of the blame for this as chairman and, you know, he's sort of above the big picture. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The dollars from military benefits, the report alleges, allow for-profit schools to "evade" ❋ Unknown (2010)

An agency proceeding "to assess the appropriate response to a significant court case hardly constitutes an effort to 'evade' the Comcast decision," Feld wrote. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I believe there is a lot of truth in the Bible and it's there no matter how much you want to ignore it or uh, "evade" it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Does Raw Story understand that "evade" and "escape" aren't the same word? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Itar-Tass news agency had said Ukraine has attempted to "evade" international control through its "uncoordinated and additional conditions" on the protocol for Russian gas transit supplies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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