Definitions for Elude
ɪˈludelude

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. elude, evade, bilkverb

   escape, either physically or mentally

   "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

2. elude, escapeverb

   be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

   "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

3. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eludeverb

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

2. eludeverb

   To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.

3. eludeverb

   To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to.

4. Etymology: From eludo, from e, short form of ex, + ludo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ELUDEverb

   Etymology: eludo, Latin.

   1. To escape by stratagem; to avoid any mischief or danger by artifice.

   Several pernicious vices, notorious among us, escape or elude the punishment of any law yet invented. Jonathan Swift.

   He who looks no higher for the motives of his conduct than the resentments of human justice, whenever he can presume himself cunning enough to elude, rich enough to bribe, or strong enough to resist it, will be under no restraint. John Rogers.

   2. To mock by an unexpected escape.

   Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
   Then, hid in shades, eludes her eager swain;
   But feigns a laugh to see me search around,
   And by that laugh the willing fair is found. Alexander Pope, Spring.

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1. elude

   To elude means to evade, avoid or escape from someone or something, typically in a skillful or cunning way. It can also mean for something to fail to be understood or grasped by someone.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eludeverb

   to avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elude

   e-lūd′, v.t. to escape by stratagem: to baffle.—adj. Elū′dible.—n. Elū′sion, act of eluding: evasion.—adj. Elū′sive, practising elusion: deceptive.—adv. Elū′sively.—n. Elū′soriness.—adj. Elū′sory, tending to elude or cheat: evasive: deceitful. [L. eludĕre, elusum—e, out, ludĕre, to play.]

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1. Elude

   Allude vs. Elude -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Allude and Elude.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Elude in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Elude in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Elude in a Sentence

1. Georges Bataille:

   Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.

2. Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It:

   At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear." It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us." You can love completely without complete understanding.

3. Henry David Thoreau:

   Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.

4. Mark Zandi:

   As long as it's raging, other variants could develop, the next one could elude our vaccine, and that could derail the recovery.

5. Sipho P Nkosi:

   What you wish for can elude you within a blink of an eye if you hesitate.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Elude
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Elude
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Elude
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Elude
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Elude