verb · transitive · rare

evade

evade · evades · evaded · evading

ухилятися

избежать, уклониться, уклоняться, избегать

ausweichen, meiden, sich entziehen

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

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/ɪˈveɪd/

» She didn't try to evade the truth.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
He evaded his opponent's blows.
The robbers evaded the police.
ausweichen
уклоня́тьсяuklonjátʹsja, уклони́тьсяuklonítʹsja
ухиля́тисяuxyljátysja
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
(transitive)To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
meiden
ускольза́тьuskolʹzátʹ, ускользну́тьuskolʹznútʹ
(intransitive)To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
sich entziehen
избега́тьizbegátʹ, избежа́тьizbežátʹ

Examples

35 sentences

She didn't try to evade the truth.
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We won't be able to evade punishment this time.
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Don't evade the issue.
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Don't evade the question.
ruНе уходи от вопроса.
deWeiche der Frage nicht aus!
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A lot of girls hide their autism, sometimes evading diagnosis well into adulthood.
Багато дівчат приховують свій аутизм, у деяких випадках уникаючи діагнозу аж до зрілого віку.
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude:

Русский

By meaning 3

to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude:

to escape or slip away:

to attempt to escape:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude:

to escape or slip away:

to attempt to escape:

Origin

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of,

From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“to go; walk”). See also wade.

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Forms

evades, evading, evaded, evaded

Base form	evade · to evade
3rd person singular	evades
Present participle	evading
Past simple	evaded
Past participle	evaded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	evade
he, she, it	evades

Past simpleLesson

all persons

evaded

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will evade

Synonyms

16 synonyms

equivocate shuffle dodge sidestep give the go-by give someone the runaroundend-run

Close in meaning

escape, either physically or mentally:elude bilk
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues):hedge fudge put off circumvent parry elude skirt dodge

Word family

10 related words

Relatedprevaricate evasion evasive

Derivedevadable evadee evader evadible evadingly evasible unevaded

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