Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, rare, uncountable)The act of eluding.

    the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēlūsiō.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēlūsiō.

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Forms

plural: elusions
Singularelusion
Pluralelusions

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning):slipeluding

Word family

1 related words
Relatedelude

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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