C1verb · transitive · rare

elude

elude · eludes · eluded · eluding

вислизати

ускользать

entgehen, entkommen, sich entziehen, aus dem Weg gehen

To evade or escape from, especially by using cunning or skillTo evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.

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US/ɪˈlud/

» Tom managed to elude the police for three weeks.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
sich entziehen, entgehen, entkommen
ускользатьuskolʹzatʹ
вислизатиvyslyzaty
(transitive)To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
abschütteln, sich absetzen von, sich entziehen
(transitive)To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
I get algebra, but calculus eludes me.
sich jmds. Verständnis entziehen
ускользатьuskolʹzatʹ
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
(transitive)To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.
The solution of that brainteaser eludes me and the name of the author eludes my memory too.
nicht einfallen, entfallen sein

Examples

19 sentences

Tom managed to elude the police for three weeks.
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Tom has been doing a pretty good job of eluding the police, but eventually he'll get caught.
ruТом довольно успешно скрывался от полиции, но в конце концов его поймают.
deBisher hat sich Tom der Polizei recht gut entziehen können; letztlich wird man ihn aber doch schnappen.
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Tom eluded Mary.
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Tom managed to elude capture.
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The road to follow eludes us.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to evade, or escape from someone or something:

Русский

By meaning 1

to evade, or escape from someone or something:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to evade, or escape from someone or something:

to shake off a pursuer:

to escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to:

to escape so.'s memory:

Origin

From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to pl

From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).

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Forms

eludes, eluding, eluded, eluded

Base form	elude · to elude
3rd person singular	eludes
Present participle	eluding
Past simple	eluded
Past participle	eluded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	elude
he, she, it	eludes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

eluded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have eluded
he, she, it	has eluded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will elude

Synonyms

12 synonyms

Close in meaning

escape, either physically or mentally:evade bilk
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by:escape
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues):hedge fudge evade put off circumvent parry skirt dodge

Word family

Derivedeludible

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle