Definitions of avoid [əˈvɔɪd]

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Definition of 'avoid'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) avoid
to keep away from; keep clear of; shun:
to avoid a person.

2. avoid
to prevent from happening:
to avoid falling.

3. avoid
Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate; annul.

Etymology: (1250–30; ME < AF avoider=a-a -⁴+voider to void)

Definition of 'avoid'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) avoid
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
"Her former friends now avoid her"

2. (verb) debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
"Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

3. (verb) avoid
refrain from doing something
"She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

4. (verb) keep off, avoid
refrain from certain foods or beverages
"I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

5. (verb) invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
declare invalid
"The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

Definition of 'avoid'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) avoid
to stay away from
Avoid the downtown area at rush hour.; Are you avoiding me?

2. avoid
to stop from happening; = prevent
trying to avoid an environmental disaster; avoiding confrontation

3. avoid
to not do
Avoid giving any personal information.; He'll do anything to avoid work.

Definition of 'avoid'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) avoid
to empty

2. (adj) avoid
to emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions

3. (adj) avoid
to quit or evacuate; to withdraw from

4. (adj) avoid
to make void; to annul or vacate; to refute

5. (adj) avoid
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters

6. (adj) avoid
to get rid of

7. (adj) avoid
to defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter

8. (verb) avoid
to retire; to withdraw

9. (verb) avoid
to become void or vacant

Translation of 'avoid'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to keep away from (a place, person or thing) He drove carefully to avoid the holes in the road; Avoid the subject of money.
Afrikaans: vermy	Arabic: يَتَجَنَّب	Bulgarian: отбягвам
Brazilian: evitar	Czech: vyhnout se	German: ausweichen; vermeiden
Danish: undgå	Greek: αποφεύγω	Spanish: evitar
Estonian: vältima	Farsi: دوری کردن؛ اجتناب کردن	Finnish: välttää
French: éviter	Hebrew: לְהיִמָנָע מ-	Hindi: से बचना
Croatian: izbjegavati	Hungarian: kikerül, elkerül vmit	Indonesian: menghindari
Icelandic: forðast	Italian: evitare	Japanese: 避ける
Korean: 피하다	Lithuanian: vengti	Latvian: izvairīties
Malay: elak	Dutch: vermijden	Norwegian: unngå
Polish: uniknąć	Persian: دوری کردن؛ اجتناب کردن	Pashto: لیری والی کول، ځان ژغورل
Portuguese: evitar	Romanian: a evita	Russian: избегать
Slovak: vyhnúť sa	Slovenian: izogniti se	Serbian: izbeći
Swedish: undvika	Thai: หลีกเลี่ยง	Turkish: kaçınmak, sakınmak
Taiwanese: 避免	Ukrainian: уникати	Urdu: بچنا ، پرہیز کرنا
Vietnamese: tránh	Chinese: 避免
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